# Rails 2 general info

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 16, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810 "2008-05-16T15:46:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810/1 "2008-05-16T15:46:58Z")

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Hi,

I’m starting a new Rails project on Rails 2. But I run in an error with  
authentication token on my register form. Searching this forum, I think  
I have found a solution.

But my main consern is that I will stumble into more “problems”. I am  
woundering where other Rails developers get their hands on new changes?  
Every night, I’m scanning diffrent blogs for read about new changes on  
Rails, but where do these guys get all their info? Take the  
authentication token for example. Google only came up with blog/forum  
posts of other people running into the same problem, but not one site  
where the subject gets explained in detail.

I hope some of you can let me in the secret of where getting some nice  
detailed information.

Thank you in advance

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**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810/2 "2008-05-16T15:51:05Z")

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On 16 May 2008, at 14:46, Michael R. wrote:

> woundering where other Rails developers get their hands on new  
> changes?  
> Every night, I’m scanning diffrent blogs for read about new changes on  
> Rails, but where do these guys get all their info? Take the  
> authentication token for example. Google only came up with blog/forum  
> posts of other people running into the same problem, but not one site  
> where the subject gets explained in detail.
> 
> I hope some of you can let me in the secret of where getting some nice  
> detailed information.

Use the source luke ! 🙂

Fred

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810/3 "2008-05-16T15:55:58Z")

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The API has been a great help the past year that I started developing in  
Rails. But I’m also looking for some info on Rails “coding” standards.

Take for example your view templates. I only came across a blog post  
that .html.erb or .xml.erb would be better for future use instead of  
.rhtml. Its more logic this way and .rhtml will probably be depricated  
in the next big Rails release. But I couldn’t find anything else on this  
subject except on blog/forum posts.

I’m also looking into the [rubyonrails.org](http://rubyonrails.org) docs but a lot of tutorials  
are out of date.

Or do you mean another source? 😉

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**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810/4 "2008-05-16T16:14:03Z")

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On 16 May 2008, at 14:55, Michael R. wrote:

> I’m also looking into the [rubyonrails.org](http://rubyonrails.org) docs but a lot of tutorials  
> are out of date.
> 
> Or do you mean another source? 😉

I meant the actual source code. There’s helpful comments here and  
there, and the general process of keeping an eye on what commits are  
made provide a lot of info. Of course i don’t expect everyone has the  
time to do that (half the time I don’t) but luckily there are a number  
of blogs that distill that flow of information down to a few choice  
morsels.

Fred

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810/5 "2008-05-16T18:03:12Z")

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> Use the source luke ! 🙂
> 
> Fred

lol! Nice, Fred!

One of the best places to keep up with changes is here:

> **[A smattering of engineering, technology, and related stuffs](https://www.ryandaigle.com/)**
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> A smattering of engineering, technology, and related stuffs

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-general-info/137810/6 "2008-05-16T18:36:39Z")

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On 16 May 2008, at 17:02, AndyV wrote:

> > Use the source luke ! 🙂
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> lol! Nice, Fred!
> 
> One of the best places to keep up with changes is here: [http://ryandaigle.com/](http://ryandaigle.com/)

Chu Yeow is also doing some awesome stuff at [http://blog.codefront.net/](http://blog.codefront.net/)

Fred