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Full Draft of the Rails Tutorial 3rd Ed

89 points by mhartl 12y ago

Lockyy 12y ago
Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial was the best book I have read for learning Rails. I picked it up during university and quickly moved onto my own projects and from there into a career in web development. Without a doubt this book is the biggest contributor to me finding my first contracting job and I recommend it to anyone who shows interest in learning how to develop for the web. I will definitely be purchasing the third edition when it comes out, purely to show support for such a great resource. Thanks Michael, I hope the third edition's launch goes well.
mhartl 12y ago
There are still a bunch of little things I want to tweak in the 3rd edition, but this draft should give you a good idea of what the final book will look like. Comments and feedback are welcome.
- dchuk 12y ago
  For someone who has been coding in Rails for years but hasn't ever done the testing side of things, would you recommend working through your book or looking at other resources to get up to speed?
  - cnp 12y ago
    As someone who is very familiar with testing from a JavaScript perspective yet is just getting started with rails, I have to really applaud the testing approach in the latest draft edition. It is very well done as well as a marvelous introduction.
  - mhartl 12y ago
    I'd guess the 3rd edition of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial would be an excellent place to start for learning the basics of testing.
vonklaus 12y ago
Going through learn ruby the hard way, excited this is finished in perfect timing.
afian 12y ago
Hello - will the new 3rd edition come with an updated screencast series? How will you price the screencast + ebook bundle?
- mhartl 12y ago
  Yes, there will be a new screencast series. I haven't decided yet on the pricing, but it will generally be in line with previous editions.
  - afian 12y ago
    ty
goldenchrome 12y ago
Michael, I'm currently working through the second edition - it's fantastic. I'm on chapter 5 but I'd like to switch over to the third edition. Is it worth restarting? Again thanks for such a great resource.
- cnp 12y ago
  Its worth switching over if only for his use of minitest over RSpec
- mhartl 12y ago
  Yes, I think restarting is worth the trouble.
arikrak 12y ago
I wonder if you should just bump into 4th version so people don't think it goes with Rails 3.
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89 points by mhartl 12y ago

Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial was the best book I have read for learning Rails. I picked it up during university and quickly moved onto my own projects and from there into a career in web development. Without a doubt this book is the biggest contributor to me finding my first contracting job and I recommend it to anyone who shows interest in learning how to develop for the web. I will definitely be purchasing the third edition when it comes out, purely to show support for such a great resource. Thanks Michael, I hope the third edition's launch goes well.

mhartl 12y ago

There are still a bunch of little things I want to tweak in the 3rd edition, but this draft should give you a good idea of what the final book will look like. Comments and feedback are welcome.

dchuk 12y ago
For someone who has been coding in Rails for years but hasn't ever done the testing side of things, would you recommend working through your book or looking at other resources to get up to speed?
- cnp 12y ago
  As someone who is very familiar with testing from a JavaScript perspective yet is just getting started with rails, I have to really applaud the testing approach in the latest draft edition. It is very well done as well as a marvelous introduction.
- mhartl 12y ago
  I'd guess the 3rd edition of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial would be an excellent place to start for learning the basics of testing.

vonklaus 12y ago

Going through learn ruby the hard way, excited this is finished in perfect timing.

afian 12y ago

Hello - will the new 3rd edition come with an updated screencast series? How will you price the screencast + ebook bundle?

mhartl 12y ago
Yes, there will be a new screencast series. I haven't decided yet on the pricing, but it will generally be in line with previous editions.
- afian 12y ago
  ty

goldenchrome 12y ago

Michael, I'm currently working through the second edition - it's fantastic. I'm on chapter 5 but I'd like to switch over to the third edition. Is it worth restarting? Again thanks for such a great resource.

cnp 12y ago
Its worth switching over if only for his use of minitest over RSpec
mhartl 12y ago
Yes, I think restarting is worth the trouble.

arikrak 12y ago

I wonder if you should just bump into 4th version so people don't think it goes with Rails 3.

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