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The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Re: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Post by wickchuck »

mhartl wrote: post #2

This draft includes previously unpublished versions of Chapter 10, "User microposts", and Chapter 11, "Following users". The original announcement is here: http://news.railstutorial.org/a-full-draft-of-the-ruby-on-ra... This is a full draft, but it's not yet complete. In particular, I'm considering replacing Blueprint CSS with Bootstrap for the final version. Please let me know what you think.

I'm about half way through the new tutorial, and I started using bootstrap already. This would be a welcome addition!

Re: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Post by tylerlh »

mhartl wrote: post #10
entropie wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bootstrap! Maybe the developer version.

What's the developer version? I was thinking about using the less-rails-bootstrap gem.

I can't speak for everyone, but I know quite a few who prefer the SASS port over less-bootstrap-rails (bootstrap-sass)

Re: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Post by Schwolop »

I've been learning Rails from your tutorial (just finished Chapter 11), but realised a few days ago that I've been using the 3.0 version. It'd be great to see an appendix on "Transitioning to 3.2 for first edition readers" (probably like the one you've got for 3.0 -> 3.1, but I haven't got to reading that yet.)

And while I'm here, there is a bug in the 3.0 edition in section 11.3.4, listing 11.39. The link_to "delete" needs to reference 'feed_item', not 'micropost'. That took me a good half an hour to sort out - mainly because I assumed it was my fault, not yours! :-)

Thanks for all your efforts here; this is a fantastic resource.

Re: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Post by mhartl »

Schwolop wrote: post #13

I've been learning Rails from your tutorial (just finished Chapter 11), but realised a few days ago that I've been using the 3.0 version. It'd be great to see an appendix on "Transitioning to 3.2 for first edition readers" (probably like the one you've got for 3.0 -> 3.1, but I haven't got to reading that yet.) And while I'm here, there is a bug in the 3.0 edition in section 11.3.4, listing 11.39. The link_to "delete…

Oops, you're right. That's actually a new bug, and has now been fixed.

As far as the transition goes, that's a great candidate for a blog post, but it's not as good a fit for a book. Plus, experience shows that starting from scratch often takes less time in the end.

Re: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Post by te_chris »

tylerlh wrote: post #12
mhartl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the developer version? I was thinking about using the less-rails-bootstrap gem.

I can't speak for everyone, but I know quite a few who prefer the SASS port over less-bootstrap-rails (bootstrap-sass)

Completely agree, though LESS is nice, I think it would be best for people to be kept within rails "standards" (for want of a better term) which at the moment means SASS. There's also the whole "having to maintain a JS stack" that less necessitates as well, which would be better to leave well alone for beginners I think.

Re: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition (full draft)

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Post by mhartl »

tylerlh wrote: post #12
mhartl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the developer version? I was thinking about using the less-rails-bootstrap gem.

I can't speak for everyone, but I know quite a few who prefer the SASS port over less-bootstrap-rails (bootstrap-sass)

Thanks for the input. This is very helpful.
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