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Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by sehr » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:07 AM UTC

enraged_camel wrote: post #19

UNIXgod wrote: post #18

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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.

Seriously, the criticism on here gets ridiculous sometimes.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by sehr » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:09 AM UTC

UNIXgod wrote: post #18

ihuman wrote: post #16

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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!

Not a single one of those are even remotely relevant to this discussion, other than the fact that they aren't behind a contact information 'paywall'.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by krrishd » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:22 AM UTC

tux wrote: post #4

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

Guys, seriously. You have to understand the the author has put time into this and is still offering this for free. The least that you could do is register, considering you don't have to pay for such a quality book.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by DanielKehoe » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:23 AM UTC

hery wrote: post #12

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?

TDD is one of the big issues in the pedagogy of teaching Rails. Teach it from the start (Hartl)? Ignore it (most lightweight intros)? Or find a way to introduce it without intimidating beginners? My approach (in a forthcoming chapter) is to encourage testing literacy, that is, to show beginners how to read test code and run tests, so they will be prepared for further study. Michael Hartl's book is good to read after "Learn Ruby on Rails." I also recommend these three books (the first is the newest):

* Aaron Sumner, "Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec" https://leanpub.com/everydayrailsrspec

* Noel Rappin, "Rails Test Prescriptions" http://pragprog.com/book/nrtest/rails-test-prescriptions

* Chelimsky and friends, "The RSpec Book" http://pragprog.com/book/achbd/the-rspec-book

Other resources? How did you learn TDD for Rails?

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:27 AM UTC

tux wrote: post #4

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

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Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by jtreminio » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:33 AM UTC

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!

You're a jerk.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by JSno » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:34 AM UTC

to be honest, this is a just ok book. For ROR beginners, stick with Micheal's tutorial. http://ruby.railstutorial.org/

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by markbao » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:37 AM UTC

markbao wrote: post #7

Thanks for this. I already have tons of experience in Rails, but I learned by doing and not through a book so I reckon I have some holes in my knowledge here and there. I'm experimenting with hybrid learning of both doing "learning by doing" by doing projects and "learning by the textbook" by getting the foundational ideas behind Ruby and Rails, and seeing if there is a benefit to combining these two systems, for my…

Turns out I don't really have any holes in my knowledge that needed to be plugged from this doc, but this is a solid resource for those learning Rails. Very detailed.

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by DanielKehoe » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:40 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #25

tux wrote: post #4

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

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Or use sharklasers.com. But seriously, if you don't ever want to get email from me, how about you don't download the book?

Re: 'Learn Ruby on Rails' is free today

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Post by sandGorgon » Sat, Nov 30, 2013, 5:44 AM UTC

cabbeer wrote: post #14

Thanks, would it be possible to get it in MOBI format. (I have bad experience converting coding books in calibre)

second this - I would like all my books to be readable on the computer, phone and the kindle. PDF is really bad for this and would really prefer .mobi