# Rails 3.o

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 3, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852 "2009-09-03T03:47:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852/1 "2009-09-03T03:47:51Z")

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So…

“Beginning Rails 3” is supposedly due Sept 2009  
[http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430224334](http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430224334)  
“Rails 3 in Action” is due February 2010 (est.)

> **[Rails 3 in Action](https://www.manning.com/books/rails-3-in-action?new=true&experiment=A)**
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> NEWER EDITION AVAILABLE
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> Rails 4 in Action is now available. An eBook of this older edition is included at no additional cost when you buy the revised edition! 
> 
> A limited number of pBook copies of this edition are still available. Please contact...

… can we assume a beta release of Rails 3 is very close?

Would like to invest in Rails 3 🙂

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852/2 "2009-09-03T03:54:17Z")

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I woudn’t invest on a book that is said to be released before there’s  
even rough estimate of the tool. I never heard about any of the  
authors of the Apress book.

Also, the Rails 3 in Action is written by Katz and he just happens to  
be the mastermind behind most of the new rails architeture so there’s  
no reason to buy any other book.

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Maurício Linhares  
[http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/](http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/) | [http://twitter.com/mauriciojr](http://twitter.com/mauriciojr)

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM,

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852/3 "2009-09-03T04:11:51Z")

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Yeah true.

I guess my question was, if these books are on the horizon, Rails 3  
Beta must be close?

Or is it still a loose timeline… like Textmate2 🙂 ?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852/4 "2009-09-03T04:18:17Z")

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It’s still a loose timeline, but it should be available close to the  
end of this year/beginning of the next.

But this is more guessing than real science.

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Maurício Linhares  
[http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/](http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/) | [http://twitter.com/mauriciojr](http://twitter.com/mauriciojr)

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852/5 "2009-09-03T04:31:45Z")

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2009/9/2 Maurício Linhares [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

> I woudn’t invest on a book that is said to be released before there’s  
> even rough estimate of the tool. I never heard about any of the  
> authors of the Apress book.

Jeffrey H. is a Rails contributor. In any case, I welcome any  
book project that’s in line with a Rails 3.0 release. Also, it’s very  
hard to do so without a beta or release candidate. However, I was  
able to port several application to Rails 3.0pre using Ruby 1.9.1 as  
a proof of concept and to play with the new Rails goodness. I’ll get  
Ruby 1.9.2 preview 1 installed because from my reading Rails 3  
will require Ruby 1.8.7 and prefer Ruby 1.9.2.

-Conrad

> Also, the Rails 3 in Action is written by Katz and he just happens to  
> be the mastermind behind most of the new rails architeture so there’s  
> no reason to buy any other book.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-o/174852/6 "2009-09-04T03:34:40Z")

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Ok, thanks for the replies

Looking forward to playing with the Beta!