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Ryan Bates launches RailsCasts Pro
- thibaut_barrere 15y agoI think I'm going to subscribe just to say thanks for all his previous efforts.
- joshcrews 15y agoI am too. How much have I billed my clients for things I learned off Railscasts? Plenty.
- aculver 15y agoAnd how much have I not had to bill my clients for the incredible functionality of cancan (and to a lesser degree nested_form). cancan (https://github.com/ryanb/cancan https://github.com/ryanb/cancan) is probably the most valuable gem I install in every Rails project.
- clyfe 15y agoI combo devise+cancan+carrierwave+activescaffold => insta-webapps. The activescaffold cancan bridge I wrote chains the cancan rules throughout the app, epic instant gratification.
- DTE 15y agoI just did exactly this...Ryan is a great asset to the ruby/rails community and I am happy to support his continued involvement.
- terrellm 15y agoI just subscribed to show support, too. There's no doubt that I'll get $9 worth of benefit out of the Pro screencasts and updates. The amazing thing about RailsCasts are how great they are at helping developers through sticking points. I can't count the number of times that I've gone straight to RailsCasts and looked for a tutorial on a particular gem or how to accomplish a certain task (nested forms, multiple edit, etc). It sure beats the alternative of Googling and Stack Overflowing for 2-3x the time.
- trusche 15y agoAnd... How often have you watched a railsast on a particular subject, only to get an a-ha moment on something only marginally related? Happens to me every other episode.
- kaiwen1 15y agoYep. Me too. Thanks for all your work on Railscasts, Ryan! Wonderful service!
- thehodge 15y agoThis is awesome but I'd rather pay $13 and have him split it with asciicasts
- peterb 15y agoAgreed or at least offer it as an option so we can throw Eifion a bone. Asciicasts is great when you prefer to read (e.g. on a Kindle during the daily commute).
- rbates 15y agoI am talking with Eifion to integrate ASCIIcasts more into RailsCasts. Keep an eye out for that.
- sunchild 15y agoThanks for all your hard work over the years. It is truly, truly appreciated. I've watched so many Railscasts while learning Rails that my wife rolls her eyes when she hears the intro chimes.
- abyssknight 15y agoGood for Ryan, this is a great way for him to monetize an already awesome service.
- tomblomfield 15y agoI think we're all here saying the same thing! Railscasts are amazing - I always felt I should be paying something for them
- tomblomfield 15y agoUS-only billing arrghhh
- rmoriz 15y agoI was able to pay with my German visa card without a problem.
- illdave 15y agoI signed up in the UK without any problems.
- rbates 15y agoIf you are having trouble subscribing, please let me know. ryan@railscasts.com Also, PayPal support will be coming soon which should make signup easier for international.
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- johnnyg 15y agoThat was the easiest buying decision ever. Ryan, you are a mench. $9 a month for pro videos is a steal.
- azolotov 15y agoRailscasts is one of the first resources I recommend people who want to learn Rails. I wouldn't have been able to learn Rails as quickly as I did without Railscasts. $9 is really a steal :)
- melvinram 15y agoAll I can say is... What took you so long Ryan?
- RegEx 15y agoI'll definitely give this service a try. Does anyone know of any other premium rails screencast sites? I recall a link to a funny rails article on HN about a month ago that was created by a guy who does premium rails cast for $9/mo (the site has a really dark background). Wasn't able to dig that up after a weekend of searching.
- jeremymcanally 15y agoThere's Peepcode (http://peepcode.com http://peepcode.com), but you're probably referring to the excellent Destroy All Software! (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts) screencasts.
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- RegEx 15y agoThat's exactly it! Thank you so much. Edit: Sorry for quadruple post. Bad connection.
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- cschep 15y agoThis feels like a response to destroyallsoftware.com. Which is AWESOME. I'm glad the "pro" market for screencasts is getting more attention.
- hasanove 15y agoThey might be awesome, but unless you scroll down to the very bottom and notice a small note, you would think this a free service. I felt like being deceived and immediately closed the website after signup confirmation, when asked to enter credit card details. I may have paid if I knew it upfront, but this kind of approach is so annoying, that I would prefer not to pay just because of that.
- gabyar 15y agoWhat are you talking about? The cost is shown in several areas of the page, and "pro" usually means the pay version.
- briancooley 15y agoI think hasanove is talking about destroyallsoftware.com, which is a pay site, but it's hard to tell from the landing page. I also think it's the response (i.e., railscasts.com/pro) that is being called awesome in the root comment, even though the wording is somewhat ambiguous.
- Omnipresent 15y agoI kind of saw this coming when I got an email from Ryan that he is cutting down on moderators for Railscasts. I was one of the lazy ones :( Anyways, I'm going to subscribe not just for future episodes but for all those episodes from which I've gained immense knowledge.
- mhoofman 15y agoI would guess Ryan used https://stripe.com https://stripe.com to set up reoccurring billing for Pro. So will we be seeing an episode or maybe an advanced episode on how Ryan set up reoccurring billing for Railscasts?
- rmoriz 15y agoactually I looked into the source of the credit card form before buying. It shows braintree was used ;-)
- siong1987 15y agoCheck out this tutorial on stripe. It has a pretty clear step by step instructions on how to get it work with Ruby. In fact, only slight modification needed to make it work with Rails. But, if you are interested, I can write a blog post about it.
- sunchild 15y agoWhich tutorial are you referring to? I need that!
- rbates 15y agoI plan to cover more billing/payment topics in future Pro episodes, thanks for the suggestion!
- Omnipresent 15y agoI wonder why Ryan is not blocking access to the source code for pro screencasts on github. Other pro screencasts such as peepcode protect the source code as well.
- rbates 15y agoI want to keep the experience the same as possible with the free episodes without losing any conveniences such as browsing the source code. If one finds the source code interesting, hopefully he will subscribe to watch the video too.
- jinushaun 15y agoRailsCast is an amazing service and I don't know if I could've ever learned Rails (and the RoR ecosystem) without it. Definitely a service worth paying for. I'm glad he's keeping the free episodes because it would be a shame if newbies shied away from trying it out because episodes were no longer free.
- matthodan 15y agoJust got my Pro account-- no brainer.
- gabyar 15y agoI'm glad to see an outstandingly helpful member of the rails community earn income from what has been a mostly altruistic task that must take a lot of time every week.
- desireco42 15y agoNow this is a service from someone who contributed to community a lot. Unlike that textmate debacle where people would pledge money for nothing, this is the real deal and it is very reasonable. I could see how this could cost more, but I can see how with this he will probably get good following, provide for Ryan resources to continue his work. I will be happy to subscribe to such service and to add, I would subscribe just to say thanks for years of awesome content.
- hugacow 15y agoRails 3.x jumped the shark. It is getting too complicated for anyone new to come on easily. This is the reason that Scala, Clojure, Haskell, etc. will fail, too- complexity. I'm not a PhP guy, but it isn't hard to see why it is still wildly popular. Make it easy enough, and fun to use, and it will take hold. So while he may make money on Rails geeks that continue on and with those that want to learn, there are fewer that are coming on and will come on now then there were. If you like Rails, listen to Ryan. I've been doing RoR a while and really, really appreciate the Railscasts (and the Asciicasts of his Railscasts- thanks Eifion!). But if you are looking for a long-term framework to stand by, keep looking.
- adriand 15y agoFrom DHH: "Here's the Rails gospel: Promote good ideas and technologies. See Ajax, REST, Atom, testing. Rails is a curated set of tech choices." I think Rails 3.x continues to live up to that gospel. You're right that Rails 3 is more complicated than Rails 2 (although it is also much cleaner than Rails 2), which was more complicated than Rails 1. However, the world of web development is also steadily more complicated. There was a time when knowing how to create a webpage with CSS put you at the forefront of web technology. That time is long gone.
- hugacow 15y agoDevelopers using many major frameworks/languages don't need to quote a single or even a set of "gods" of the framework/language to back up their point. This is one of the problems in Rails, imo. Everything is still about following celebrities like sheep. That is a bad road, my friend. I would much rather live in the midst of a thriving city or within a growing town that had promise than within a hippie cult commune (regardless of its size or the quality of its food or company). Think for yourself. What would you like to use, and why?
- adriand 15y agoFrom DHH: "Here's the Rails gospel: Promote good ideas and technologies. See Ajax, REST, Atom, testing. Rails is a curated set of tech choices." I think Rails 3.x continues to live up to that gospel. You're right that Rails 3 is more complicated than Rails 2 (although it is also much cleaner than Rails 2), which was more complicated than Rails 1. However, the world of web development is also steadily more complicated. There was a time when knowing how to create a webpage with CSS put you at the forefront of web technology. That time is long gone.
- jcapote 15y agoRailscasts are cool, but if you want something more advanced, I cannot recommend destroyallsoftware.com enough
- grepper34 15y agoHonestly, I wish he would charge more. I've gained so much value from this over the years that I would gladly pay a much higher monthly fee.
- scrrr 15y agoHeh.. such comments. You know you can just go ahead and donate Ryan money. Which is what many Rails devs did in the past anyway..
- grepper34 15y agoWho says I haven't? All I'm saying is I wish he'd charge more. He would get more money overall from the people who would not have thought to do such a thing :)
- rsobers 15y agoI'm so glad to see the outpouring of users who are downright happy to pay for this service. Ryan: you should add a payment option that lets people pay more than $9 per month. Let us specify the amount. I'd gladly pay more if it meant you could spend more time producing content.
- tsycho 15y agoFor some reason, RailsCasts.com is not loading up at all for me. Am I the only one seeing this? If it helps, I am using Chrome 14.0.835.186 on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard.
- barrydahlberg 15y agoRailsCasts gets recommended to beginners a lot but every time I go there I'm kind of overwhelmed and have no idea where to start. The archives go back to 2007 so starting at the beginning seems likely to cover outdated subjects now. On the front page I see Draper, Spork, Sorcery, Foreman, Pry... none of this means much to me. Any suggestions on how to attack this for a relative newbie to rails?
- geoffw8 15y agorailstutorial.org should come first. Then once you've cracked that, Railscasts will make more sense.
- gurkendoktor 15y agoI don't think Railscasts is a great introduction to Rails, but certainly a resource that beginners can use. What I did was to work my way through the first parts of "Agile Web Development with Rails" to understand the structure of rails, then just try to build stuff. Whenever I had a question or felt somebody should have automated whatever I was doing, I would search Railscasts. I needed PDF generation, so I would search for PDF and compare my options. When you have some experience with current Rails (say, 3.1), actively following new Railscasts is interesting to see what changed in 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, ...
- happypeter 15y agoRailsCasts is awesome, I owe so much more then $9 per month to it. But here in China, many young students will still think it is too much...bad bad bad, anybody can do a less pro one, and make it free?