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Has anyone picked up "The Rails Way" (http://www.amazon.com/Rails-Way-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Ruby/dp/0321445619 ), or for that matter, any getting started...
Keith Lancaster
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Feb 1, 2008
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I just started "The Rails Way" and have been really impressed. I wouldn't really consider it a "getting started" book though. It goes in to environment.rb and...
Bryan Ray
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Feb 1, 2008
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I'm looking for other books that we can recommend to beginners - do you think it would work? Keith ... Keith Lancaster klancaster1957@......
Keith Lancaster
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Feb 1, 2008
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Keith, It is a really good book, but I would not recommend it for very green beginners. There is alway the Poignant Guide < http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ > . ...
Brett Rogers
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Feb 1, 2008
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As far as beginner level Rails development goes I think the best beginner book is: 1. Agile Development with Ruby on ...
Bryan Ray
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I have The Rails Way but haven't gotten much past the introduction and Chapter 1. The tone is good so far. Wes...
Wes Gamble
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Feb 1, 2008
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Hi Guys This might be off topic, but I'm stuck with a IE7 javascript problem (works fine in FF). Without going into details(will provide example if needed), it...
nashkabbara
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Feb 1, 2008
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Could you pastie some of your javascript code? ... -- Bryan Ray http://www.bryanray.net "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to...
Bryan Ray
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Feb 1, 2008
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Hi Ken, I'd be interested in that .PDF. I have "Agile Web Dev w/Ruby on Rails", but looking for something helpful for getting RoR set up on my server. Thanks,...
Mr Butler
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Feb 1, 2008
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Keith I haven't exactly read it, but I have had others recommend to me that Sitepoint's Build Your Own Ruby On Rails Web Applications by Lenz is a helpful...
Damon Clinkscales
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Feb 1, 2008
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The Rails Way looks really good. Very detailed. Nice light bedtime reading. -damon...
Damon Clinkscales
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Feb 1, 2008
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Nash, Is your Javascript simply embedded in the page or is it invoked via the onload() handler? I'm assuming the former given what you've said. Wes...
Wes Gamble
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Feb 1, 2008
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Hopefully he's not using the onLoad() handler ... typically every JavaScript library has their own implementation of that event ... ext for example uses a...
Bryan Ray
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Feb 1, 2008
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This just came across the wire. http://blog.pluron.com/2008/01/ruby-on-rails-i.html Don't know if it's true, but I enjoyed: I don't have time, make my app 5...
Wes Gamble
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Feb 1, 2008
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That's pretty interesting (and well written, I understood it even though I'm not a rails guy), however some of the fixes are kind of unrealistic... like ...
Ben Scheirman
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Feb 1, 2008
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There are numerous web resources out there, but probably the best way to get started is (IMO) to pick up Agile Web Development in Rails, 2nd edition...
Keith Lancaster
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Feb 3, 2008
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Hi Keith. I probably won't make any meetings for a while. I started back at HCC and take classes on Tue and Thursday nights. I still watch the emails ...
Todd Burch
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Feb 3, 2008
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Anyone who's interested in a 3-6 month contract @ Greenway Plaza to do Python/SQL Server work or know anyone who might be, contact me off list (weyus@...)....
Wes Gamble
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Feb 6, 2008
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Hi guys, Morph Labs has just released the Morph Application Platform into Beta testing. I think it is a pretty cool platform and I would like for everyone to...
nube098
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Feb 6, 2008
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Don't forget - our Feb. meeting is next Tuesday, the 12th. Jim Mulholland is giving a talk on Redmine (http://www.redmine.org/). Compiled Logic will be...
Keith Lancaster
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Feb 6, 2008
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Hi Guys, I found the culprit! It was Rails' observe_field. dom:loaded started behaving as it should when observe_field was commented out. I haven't looked any...
nashkabbara
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Feb 11, 2008
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Gentlemen, ladies, and Wes, Remember that the Feb. meeting is tonight at DataCert (see http://www.houstonrb.com/ for info). Unfortunately, it looks like I...
Keith Lancaster
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Feb 12, 2008
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Hey Keith, Sorry you are going to miss the festivities! For everybody else, I will be discussing Redmine <http://www.redmine.org>. Some of the points I will be...
Jim Mulholland
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Feb 12, 2008
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I think you may be avoiding me... Wynn Netherland Bit Wrangler, Geek Herder Praexis www.praexis.com On Feb 12, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Keith Lancaster...
Wynn Netherland
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I'm not...really.... ... Keith Lancaster klancaster1957@......
Keith Lancaster
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Feb 12, 2008
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I'm thinking, why doesn't Apple sponsor RailsConf at some level? Is it because all the Rails heads are already converts so they won't get any new customers? ...
Wes Gamble
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Feb 15, 2008
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I would say mostly, because Apple really doesn't have anything to gain from it. Apple itself isn't really in the market for "development" reallly... IMHO. ... ...
Bryan Ray
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Feb 15, 2008
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But they can play up the platform as _the_ development platform for Rails. There are at least 10% of the attendees who are not on the Apple platform. Like I ...
Wes Gamble
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Feb 15, 2008
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That's the thing though .... I really doubt Apple wants to hitch their wagon to the Rails "star" this early in the game. Apple has never really promoted any...
Bryan Ray
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Feb 16, 2008
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Beta version of Safari 3 works on Windows. See the full article below. The Safari 3 Beta download link is also included in the article. ...
Eric Moore
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