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...
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...
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/ > . ...
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...
Could you pastie some of your javascript code? ... -- Bryan Ray http://www.bryanray.net "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to...
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,...
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...
Hopefully he's not using the onLoad() handler ... typically every JavaScript library has their own implementation of that event ... ext for example uses a...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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@...)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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? ...
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. ... ...
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 ...
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...