Forum: Ruby on Rails There appears to be a new version of the AWDWR 2.0 book

Does anyone know what updates were applied to the book?

Cody Skidmore wrote:
> Does anyone know what updates were applied to the book?

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/rails/

Jl Smith wrote:
> Cody Skidmore wrote:
>> Does anyone know what updates were applied to the book?
> 
> http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/rails/

Let me clarify my question.  I bought this version of the book and 
checked to see if the PDF version had been updated.  It looks like a new 
version was released last week and I downloaded the update.

What I'm wondering is, what arethe differences between the version 
released in December and the one released last week?

The new book should cover the soon to be released Rails 1.2 version. 
While the first edition of the book covered Rails 1.0.

Kind regards,

Nick Snels
http://railshostinginfo.com
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Nick Snels wrote:
> The new book should cover the soon to be released Rails 1.2 version. 
> While the first edition of the book covered Rails 1.0.

I too am interested in what changed, but these answers don't address the 
question.

The original poster and I are talking about Agile Web Development with 
Rails, 2nd Edition, *version 2.0*. That's the second printing of the 
second edition. (Check the inside cover of your book and you'll note a 
version number. Check out http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails2/errata 
and you'll further notice all previous revisions in the drop-down list.)

It'd be great if the Pragmatic Programmers would publish changelogs of 
their book revisions. Dave, if you're reading this, could you chime in 
on that possibility?

Regards,

Roderick

On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Roderick van Domburg wrote:

> Rails, 2nd Edition, *version 2.0*. That's the second printing of the
> second edition. (Check the inside cover of your book and you'll note a
> version number. Check out http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails2/ 
> errata
> and you'll further notice all previous revisions in the drop-down  
> list.)
>
> It'd be great if the Pragmatic Programmers would publish changelogs of
> their book revisions. Dave, if you're reading this, could you chime in
> on that possibility?

The changes are available on the errata page. (Or, to put it another
way, once a  book has gone to print, any change we make will be
documented as an erratum)



Dave

On Jan 12, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Cody Skidmore wrote:

> Let me clarify my question.  I bought this version of the book and
> checked to see if the PDF version had been updated.  It looks like  
> a new
> version was released last week and I downloaded the update.
>
> What I'm wondering is, what arethe differences between the version
> released in December and the one released last week?

Was my response to your original email most by the gateway?

If so, I said:

> Just look at the errata page, and select the version of the PDF you  
> currently have in the drop down. The stuff shown in less-saturated  
> colors has been fixed between your edition and the current one.
>
> (Basically, I fixed some errata while readying the book for the  
> second printing)


Dave

On 1/12/07, Nick Snels <rails-mailing-list@andreas-s.net> wrote:
> http://railshostinginfo.com

Those are some pretty ugly urls considering it's a Rails related site. 
:(

http://railshostinginfo.com/?hosting_type=1&page=2


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Greg Donald
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On Jan 12, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Cody Skidmore wrote:

> Does anyone know what updates were applied to the book?


Just look at the errata page, and select the version of the PDF you
currently have in the drop down. The stuff shown in less-saturated
colors has been fixed between your edition and the current one.

(Basically, I fixed some errata while readying the book for the
second printing)


Dave

Heh. That's funny. I wonder if the sites even built on Ruby/Rails? 
Judging
from the cludgy table-based design and lack of any Rails-created
styles/scripts, I'm gonna say it's a PHP jobbie. Heh. Very nice. 
</sarcasm>

RSL

Uhm...did you even look at the site?  The site suggestion and user
signup are both Rails style URLs; how can you even tell it's a
"Rails-created styles/scripts"?  Scaffolding?  Maybe he didn't use
that (and by the way, scaffolding puts out "cludgy table-based
designs").  *sigh*

Anyhow, back on topic, thanks for the reply Dave.  I was kind of
confused, too. :)

--Jeremy

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