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On a side note, i'm teaching a ruby on rails class based on Agile Web Development with Rails (rail3 beta version) and all of my lecture videos, and slides along

On a side note, i'm teaching a ruby on rails class based on Agile Web Development with Rails (rail3 beta version) and all of my lecture videos, and slides along with course erata are online http://thinkbohemian.com http://thinkbohemian.com the more rails3 the better. maybe my next class should be based on this book instead, let me know what you think.

mhartl 16y ago
That course looks great! I wish such classes were available when I was in school. By the way, you might want to be careful about using Agile Web Development with Rails when teaching a course. Its code license is quite restrictive, as you can see at http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails4/source_code http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails4/source_code: Copyrights apply to this source code. You may use the source code in your own projects, however the source code may not be used to create training material, courses, books, articles, and the like. We make no guarantees that this source code is fit for any purpose. I generally think the PragProgs are awesome (I originally learned Rails from AWDwR and a Pragmatic Studio course), and it seems bizarre that they really might not want you to use their book in your course, but that seems like a reasonable interpretation of their license. (Caveat: IANAL.) On the other hand, all the source code in the Ruby on Rails Tutorial book is released under the MIT License (http://railstutorial.org/book#license http://railstutorial.org/book#license), so you can do pretty much anything you want with it. (Technically, the Rails Tutorial source code is dual-licensed under the MIT License and the Beerware License—the latter of which invites you to buy me a beer if you're ever so inclined: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware. :-)
- thinkbohemian 16y ago
  Thanks for putting this together, you're definitely qualified, and i like what i've read. In case I end up jumping ship, do you prefer light or dark beer? (Also would you consider discounts for students with .edu email ?) I've been very careful to not use any of the book's code in any of my presentations. I only use the book as exercises for the students, and to server as a content template for what order to teach materials. They donated free pdf books to all .edu students in the class, so i don't think they would sue me...hopefully...
  - mhartl 16y ago
    I'd be happy to offer a .edu discount. Email my personal address and we can discuss it further. I like all kinds of beer, but let's go with dark for now. ;-)

mhartl 16y ago

That course looks great! I wish such classes were available when I was in school. By the way, you might want to be careful about using Agile Web Development with Rails when teaching a course. Its code license is quite restrictive, as you can see at http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails4/source_code http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails4/source_code: Copyrights apply to this source code. You may use the source code in your own projects, however the source code may not be used to create training material, courses, books, articles, and the like. We make no guarantees that this source code is fit for any purpose. I generally think the PragProgs are awesome (I originally learned Rails from AWDwR and a Pragmatic Studio course), and it seems bizarre that they really might not want you to use their book in your course, but that seems like a reasonable interpretation of their license. (Caveat: IANAL.) On the other hand, all the source code in the Ruby on Rails Tutorial book is released under the MIT License (http://railstutorial.org/book#license http://railstutorial.org/book#license), so you can do pretty much anything you want with it. (Technically, the Rails Tutorial source code is dual-licensed under the MIT License and the Beerware License—the latter of which invites you to buy me a beer if you're ever so inclined: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware. :-)

thinkbohemian 16y ago
Thanks for putting this together, you're definitely qualified, and i like what i've read. In case I end up jumping ship, do you prefer light or dark beer? (Also would you consider discounts for students with .edu email ?) I've been very careful to not use any of the book's code in any of my presentations. I only use the book as exercises for the students, and to server as a content template for what order to teach materials. They donated free pdf books to all .edu students in the class, so i don't think they would sue me...hopefully...
- mhartl 16y ago
  I'd be happy to offer a .edu discount. Email my personal address and we can discuss it further. I like all kinds of beer, but let's go with dark for now. ;-)