[ADV] Deploying Rails Applications Beta Book Release

Hello Friends-

I’m happy to announce the beta release of my book for the Pragmatic
Programmers, Deploying Rails Applications, A Step by Step Guide. It’s
been in the works for a long time and has been rewritten multiple
times as Rails deployment changes fast. It’s an early beta book and
has a little more then half of the final content. We are aiming to
release a new chapter every 3 weeks until the book if finished.

I’d like to thank my co-authors Bruce Tate, Geoff Grosenbach and
Brian H. for helping to make it happen.

http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_deploy

– Ezra Z.
– Founder & Ruby Hacker
[email protected]
– Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting
– (866) 518-YARD (9273)

Thanks Ezra. Grabbed my copy yesterday (beta and print) after seeing
the
post on your blog. Got some reading for the weekend!

Yes - great work, if the sample chapter 5 is anything to go by.

I wish you all the best!
Tony

Awesome, I’m looking forward to reading your book. It definitely fills
an important gap.

Are you considering adding a chapter on Vlad the Deployer (http://
Ruby Hit Squad - Programacion, marketing y mucho ruby on rails)? I only came across this
yesterday and have not tested this app yet, but this sounds like a
very promising, simpler alternative to Capistrano, and I wouldn’t be
surprised if this were to take off.

-Mirko

Hi Ezra,

I’m happy to announce the beta release of my book for the Pragmatic
Programmers, Deploying Rails Applications, A Step by Step Guide. It’s
been in the works for a long time and has been rewritten multiple
times as Rails deployment changes fast. It’s an early beta book and
has a little more then half of the final content. We are aiming to
release a new chapter every 3 weeks until the book if finished.

Thank you very much for taking the initiative to fill this much observed
gap. It’ll be a blessing to see Rails applications prosper in
production.

The past two days I’ve taken the time to comment, suggest, and nitpick
extensively on each and every page. I hope that you will look through my
persistence at times – it comes from a good heart :slight_smile:

As a whole it’s shaping up to be great. Still I think that there
sometimes is a bit of unevenness in the chapters: some points are
dwelled on extensively (which I like) while other points, especially the
ones about system administration and why to choose which kind of tool,
seem to cut a corner here and there.

As a “neophyte Rails deployer” colleague of mine was skimming through
the book, he found the initial chapters to be a tailor fit, but hit a
wall as he encountered the Ubuntu setup. I’m on the same page with both
you and him: indeed it’s not a book about Linux system administration,
but at the same time I can imagine that the difference in level required
for the first couple of chapters can come as a bit of a surprise.

Looking forward to the upcoming chapters! Do let me know if I can
provide any further reviewing assistance.


Roderick van Domburg

Ezra Z.
escribió:> Hello Friends-

The chapter 4 is about capistrano, what version? maybe capistrano 2?
Thank you!

Hi~

On Aug 20, 2007, at 3:16 PM, Roderick van Domburg wrote:

Thank you very much for taking the initiative to fill this much
sometimes is a bit of unevenness in the chapters: some points are
but at the same time I can imagine that the difference in level
required
for the first couple of chapters can come as a bit of a surprise.

Looking forward to the upcoming chapters! Do let me know if I can
provide any further reviewing assistance.


Roderick van Domburg
http://www.nedforce.nl

Thanks for all the erata Roderick! I’m looking forward to finishing
off the rest of the book based on everyone’s feedback.

Cheers
– Ezra Z.
– Founder & Ruby Hacker
[email protected]
– Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting
– (866) 518-YARD (9273)

I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on Vlad the Deployer Ezra. Have
you
had a chance to look it over yet?

  • Greg

On Aug 21, 2007, at 1:31 AM, Rafa G. wrote:

I’d like to thank my co-authors Bruce Tate, Geoff Grosenbach and

The chapter 4 is about capistrano, what version? maybe capistrano 2?
Thank you!

In the current beta book it uses cap 1.4.1. But the whole book will
be updated to use cap2 in a future release before it goes to print.

Cheers-

– Ezra Z.
– Founder & Ruby Hacker
[email protected]
– Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting
– (866) 518-YARD (9273)