Good Rails Reference

Rails
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Hey All:

I got my first rails app up and running, but I know there was a lot I
could have done better. Most of my knowledge comes from web reference
and the Rails Recipes book. I’m really looking for something a little
meatier.

Is there a definitive reference that is a “must read”?

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Joe C. wrote:

Hey All:

Is there a definitive reference that is a “must read”?

Have a look at the second edition of Agile Development with Rails.

http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails2/index.html

It’s not out till 13th December but you can get the final PDF now. At
750 pages it’s rather comprehensive, and it covers the new features of
Rails 1.2 (see
Ruby on Rails — Rails 1.2: Release Candidate 1).

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i think this is the 9,000th instance of this question and answer
combination on the list. i think we need a faq for the mailing list
(yes, the wiki has a faq, but those don’t seem to be the questions
that get asked here, plus there’s always that risk of “great site!”
spam). unless someone has a better idea, i volunteer to put one
together.

send me your (least) favorites and i’ll try to put together something
before the heat-death of the universe. so far i have:

  • what’s the difference between ruby and rails?
  • what is a good book about rails?
  • can you send me a copy of the pdf version of awdwr
  • where are online references?
  • what’s a good editor for rails?
  • how do i install it?
  • how do i do self-referential associations?
  • where can i host rails apps?

-faisal

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Faisal N Jawdat wrote:

  • where can i host rails apps?
    Have you seen…?
  • does Rails do Ajax?

:wink:

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Phlip
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On Nov 30, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Faisal N Jawdat wrote:

i think this is the 9,000th instance of this question and answer
combination on the list. i think we need a faq for the mailing
list (yes, the wiki has a faq, but those don’t seem to be the
questions that get asked here, plus there’s always that risk of
“great site!” spam). unless someone has a better idea, i volunteer
to put one together.

draft here:

http://www.faisal.com/docs/ror-list-faq.html

feedback welcome – please send it to me personally rather than to
the list at large (where i might miss it).

-faisal

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On Dec 11, 2006, at 5:59 PM, Jodi S. wrote:

Quite often when a topic is resolved, the thread represents a host of
knowledge. I suggest at this point in the thread, the email is fwded
by the asker to a mailbox monitored by the FAQ service.

good idea.

the faq service currently being me, i can set up an email address
that people can mail to when there’s consensus on the list.

-faisal

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Good effort Faisal.

I have a suggestion.

Quite often when a topic is resolved, the thread represents a host of
knowledge. I suggest at this point in the thread, the email is fwded
by the asker to a mailbox monitored by the FAQ service.

Any takers?

Cheers,
Jodi
General Partner
The nNovation Group inc.
www.nnovation.ca/blog

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Another thought came to mind,

If the thread’s subject is marked as [FAQ] afterwards, then a simple
search of the group will review the FAQ.

That way a separate mail account wouldn’t be required - just a search
of the subject lines.

Would certainly increase the signal-to-noise when looking for a
solution.

J

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I am not getting any response from the Rails mailing list, what should I
do?

Read this : How To Ask Questions The Smart Way :
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Here’s one:

What’s the point of all these silly test cases? Do I /have/ to use
them??

:slight_smile:

–
Phlip
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand ← NOT a blog!!

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Bala P. wrote:

I am not getting any response from the Rails mailing list, what should I do?

May want to add not to use the obsolete Rails mailing list pre-Google
Groups.

–
Phlip
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand ← NOT a blog!!