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'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by DigitalSea »

tux wrote: post #4

for anyone who hate registrations for downloads ^_^ http://learn-rails.com/ebooks/learn-rails.pdf

A name and email address is a small and fair price to pay for a book that has had so much effort put into it for a total of $0 today. don't you think? Edit your comment and remove the link mate, seems fair.

Dan, if you are reading this I wanted to say how much I appreciate this book. I've recently decided I am going to learn Rails after years of using and abusing PHP, I want to learn something more substantial and this is good timing for me. Where I can, I will offer you my support.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by hery »

Daniel, how far will you go with TDD on this book? What resource will you recommend to continue learning TDD after the intro in this book?

Will you consider writing another book in the same spirit as this one (for beginners & kept up-to-date) for rails with TDD?

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by atwebb »

bittercynic wrote: post #9
tux wrote: post #4

for anyone who hate registrations for downloads ^_^ http://learn-rails.com/ebooks/learn-rails.pdf

Link now points to a text file telling you to register.

Still allows direct download (I registered prior to the comments), also, tux's comment history is about as positive and contributing to the community as you'd expect.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by sigzero »

DanielKehoe wrote: post #6
tux wrote: post #4

for anyone who hate registrations for downloads ^_^ http://learn-rails.com/ebooks/learn-rails.pdf

Here's why I ask you to register to download the book: 1) After working on the book for six months, I'd like to be able to follow up and ask you to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign if you like the book. 2) You are downloading an advance edition of a book that contains code that is likely to change. Within the next week or two, I will release an updated version. I'd like to be able to notify you when the update…

Yes, but why do I have to create an account? I don't want another one off account somewhere.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by ihuman »

sigzero wrote: post #15
DanielKehoe wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's why I ask you to register to download the book: 1) After working on the book for six months, I'd like to be able to follow up and ask you to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign if you like the book. 2) You are downloading an advance edition of a book that contains code that is likely to change. Within the next week or two, I will release an updated version. I'd like to be able to notify you when the update…

Yes, but why do I have to create an account? I don't want another one off account somewhere.

So they they can send you unwanted emails. There is no such thing as a free lunch. In order for you to get the book, you have to give away your contact information.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by code_chimp »

I backed the KickStarter near the beginning of this campaign to get access to alpha version of the book so I could review it for a few "new to web programming" friends of mine. I thought it was a really good resource for my friends that already program in something (say Windows Forms) and wanted to make the leap to doing web applications. Thanks Daniel!

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by UNIXgod »

ihuman wrote: post #16
sigzero wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but why do I have to create an account? I don't want another one off account somewhere.

So they they can send you unwanted emails. There is no such thing as a free lunch. In order for you to get the book, you have to give away your contact information.

The information wants to be free!

Great books which do not need registration based shilling techniques for your hacking careers:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html

http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html

http://htdp.org/

https://gustavus.edu/+max/concrete-abstractions.html

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/

Open and Free FTW!

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by enraged_camel »

UNIXgod wrote: post #18
ihuman wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So they they can send you unwanted emails. There is no such thing as a free lunch. In order for you to get the book, you have to give away your contact information.

The information wants to be free! Great books which do not need registration based shilling techniques for your hacking careers: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html http://htdp.org/ https://gustavus.edu/+max/concrete-abstractions.html https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/ Open and Free FTW!

Jesus christ. The guy gives away his hard work for free and still gets shit for it.

Stay classy, HN.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by DanielKehoe »

ihuman wrote: post #16
sigzero wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but why do I have to create an account? I don't want another one off account somewhere.

So they they can send you unwanted emails. There is no such thing as a free lunch. In order for you to get the book, you have to give away your contact information.

"They" is me, a solo author who gave up six months of consulting income to produce a book to help Rails beginners. Would you care to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign so the book can reach the people who need it? What do you wish to offer in exchange? How about even offering a thank you? Or do you feel you are entitled to enjoy my work, offering nothing in exchange, and encouraging other people to act with no respect or thanks?
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