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Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by mhartl »

rev wrote: post #9

Michael, let me ask two predictable questions. 1. When do you expect to complete the 3rd edition? Seeing as the book is being heavily reworked and knowing your attention to detail, I guess the answer is "when it's ready". 2. Will the Rails version be fixed at 4.1?

I expect the full 3rd edition draft will be released within a couple of weeks. I hope to make a full launch (with screencasts) some time in October or November.

I expect to use Rails 4.1 unless 4.2 is out of beta in time to use for the screencasts. I've compartmentalized the version-specific material, though, so I'm cautiously optimistic that I can swap in new Rails versions (even in the screencasts) as they're released.

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by Anjin »

billturner wrote: post #7

I totally agree with chollida1. This is always the first tutorial I point people at. Is it possible to add "overflow: scroll" to the code sample blocks' CSS? I get a few characters flow down to the next line which is a bit ugly. A couple of examples: http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/rails_flavored_ruby#code... first code block here (with a wrapped "g"): http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/rails_flavored_ruby#sec-.…

Change has been deployed

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by rev »

mhartl wrote: post #11
rev wrote: post #9

Michael, let me ask two predictable questions. 1. When do you expect to complete the 3rd edition? Seeing as the book is being heavily reworked and knowing your attention to detail, I guess the answer is "when it's ready". 2. Will the Rails version be fixed at 4.1?

I expect the full 3rd edition draft will be released within a couple of weeks. I hope to make a full launch (with screencasts) some time in October or November. I expect to use Rails 4.1 unless 4.2 is out of beta in time to use for the screencasts. I've compartmentalized the version-specific material, though, so I'm cautiously optimistic that I can swap in new Rails versions (even in the screencasts) as they're relea…

Only two weeks? Splendid, I start reading through the draft right now.

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by rev »

mhartl wrote: post #11
rev wrote: post #9

Michael, let me ask two predictable questions. 1. When do you expect to complete the 3rd edition? Seeing as the book is being heavily reworked and knowing your attention to detail, I guess the answer is "when it's ready". 2. Will the Rails version be fixed at 4.1?

I expect the full 3rd edition draft will be released within a couple of weeks. I hope to make a full launch (with screencasts) some time in October or November. I expect to use Rails 4.1 unless 4.2 is out of beta in time to use for the screencasts. I've compartmentalized the version-specific material, though, so I'm cautiously optimistic that I can swap in new Rails versions (even in the screencasts) as they're relea…

Only two weeks? Splendid, I start reading through the draft right now.

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by billturner »

mhartl wrote: post #8
billturner wrote: post #7

I totally agree with chollida1. This is always the first tutorial I point people at. Is it possible to add "overflow: scroll" to the code sample blocks' CSS? I get a few characters flow down to the next line which is a bit ugly. A couple of examples: http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/rails_flavored_ruby#code... first code block here (with a wrapped "g"): http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/rails_flavored_ruby#sec-.…

Weird. Those code blocks look fine locally, so that's a bug. Will fix ASAP. UPDATE: They actually look fine in Chrome, but not in Firefox! I'm digging into it now. UPDATE 2: Looks like it's working now

Well, that's odd. They have the wrapped characters in Mac Chrome for me, but not in FF.

Another comment says change deployed but they're still off in Chrome on Mac (even with a forced/shift reload): http://imgur.com/IIaUiav

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by DanielKehoe »

Wow! I am mentioned in Chapter 1.

> If you still find this tutorial too difficult, you might try starting with "Learn Ruby on Rails" by Daniel Kehoe...

Thank you, Michael. It's generous to mention my book. I've said that we need a better introduction for beginners and I'm overjoyed to see the improvements in the 3rd Edition. In the last two years, so many more people want to learn Rails, often without any background in other web platforms (or even programming).

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by mhartl »

ch4s3 wrote: post #10

I looks great so far, I'm really excited about the extended auth section. Have you ever given any thought to adding a section on working with/building APIs?

I don't plan to cover APIs in the core tutorial, but I've had a couple of requests for that subject and will consider making a follow-on product.

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by mhartl »

billturner wrote: post #7

I totally agree with chollida1. This is always the first tutorial I point people at. Is it possible to add "overflow: scroll" to the code sample blocks' CSS? I get a few characters flow down to the next line which is a bit ugly. A couple of examples: http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/rails_flavored_ruby#code... first code block here (with a wrapped "g"): http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/rails_flavored_ruby#sec-.…

OK, it's working now on my end. (The trick was changing the font size on code blocks from "85%" to "84%".) Let me know if you still run into any issues.

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by freditup »

chollida1 wrote: post #2

I have no affiliation with the author, but I'd recommend this book to pretty much anyone trying to learn Rails, I own the second edition. Before this book I'd never done any real web programming. My background is in compilers and trading systems/machine learning( those two are essentially one in the same), all C++ desktop software. The book got me up and running, better than any of the online rails tutorials, and the…

Second all of this, thanks for the wonderful book. I can truthfully say it was a major positive factor in advancing my career in software development, and for that I'm quite grateful! So thank you for the book and all the hard work and effort that goes into writing and maintaining it.

Re: Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition

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Post by laughfactory »

pzaich wrote: post #6

Very encouraging to see tests used more sparingly. I was a novice developer when I first tried this tutorial and found myself lost in the weeds when I tried to follow along with rspec. Understanding the difference between rspec and cucumber probably isn't critical at that point. The tutorial made a lot more sense to me after someone recommended ignoring the tests the first time through.

I agree. I've been through the book multiple time, and while excellent, nothing seemed to stick because the details of building the application itself seemed to get lost in the weeds. I'm really looking forward to diving into the new edition!
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