mhartl

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   by 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.
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   by mhartl 12y ago

   Yes, I think restarting is worth the trouble.
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   by 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.
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   by 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.
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   Full Draft of the Rails Tutorial 3rd Ed(news.railstutorial.org)

   89 points by mhartl 12y ago|13 comments
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   by mhartl 12y ago

   N.B. The comment you're responding to was made by Stripe cofounder Patrick Collison (pc).
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   by mhartl 12y ago

   It's probably just a DNS propagation issue: https://twitter.com/railstutorial/status/507228319062818816
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   by mhartl 12y ago

   Yup, it's just a propagation delay: https://twitter.com/railstutorial/status/507228319062818816
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   by mhartl 12y ago

   Weird. I'm not seeing that, even on the same setup (Chrome Version 37.0.2062.94/OS X 10.9.4).
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    As noted in the announcement, all four of the new draft chapters have been extensively revised, and the last on ("Log in, log out") has been almost completely rewritten. The final four chapters (9–12) are nearly done and just need
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    Drafts of Chapters 5–8 from the Rails Tutorial 3rd Ed(news.railstutorial.org)

    33 points by mhartl 12y ago|10 comments
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    The newly released chapters are substantial, and should be enough to keep readers busy for a while. I hope to release drafts of the final four chapters some time in the next week or so. (Note to the curious: No, I can't write chapters
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    Drafts of Chapters 5–8 from the Rails Tutorial 3rd Ed.(news.railstutorial.org)

    9 points by mhartl 12y ago|2 comments
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    I'd love to make the tutorial Rails 4.2–compatible before the final revision ships. It really depends on how soon 4.2 final is released. And I'll take a look at web console, which seems like it could be useful.
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    See [Box 1.4]( http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/beginning#aside-github_b... ). The tl;dr is that Bitbucket is free for private repos, which for security purposes the new edition uses by default.
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Thanks for the kind words. is there any particular reason you switched from GitHub to Bitbucket in your tutorial? Yes, this is the subject of [Box 1.4]( http://draft.railstutorial.org/book/beginning#aside-github_b... )
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Please don't take the advice to downplay rspec. I think you may be confusing RSpec with testing generally. The 3rd edition replaces RSpec with the default Rails testing framework (MiniTest), but it still develops a thorough test suit
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Thanks for the kind comment. You've discovered the reason for the slight rebranding in the title, which is now Learn Web Development: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial . I feel that with this 3rd edition the tutorial has definitively transce
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Thanks for the kind words. To allay your concerns, Cloud9 isn't embedded at all; it's just the recommended environment if you don't already have something set up. Anyone who already has Ruby installed, has a favorite text edi
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    So far I've only used them for the tutorial, but I definitely expect to start using cloud IDEs for real projects as well. They've really come of age in the last year or two. I suggest giving the recommended cloud IDE a try to see
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion and for the kind words. Instructions for setting up a local development environment are already effectively an appendix, because the Ruby on Rails Tutorial just defers to the excellent [InstallRails]( http:/
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    OK, it's working now on my end. (The trick was changing the font size on code blocks from "85%" to "84%".) Let me know if you still run into any issues.
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    I don't plan to cover APIs in the core tutorial, but I've had a couple of requests for that subject and will consider making a follow-on product.
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    I expect the full 3rd edition draft will be released within a couple of weeks. I hope to make a full launch (with screencasts) some time in October or November. I expect to use Rails 4.1 unless 4.2 is out of beta in time to use for the scre
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Weird. Those code blocks look fine locally, so that's a bug. Will fix ASAP. UPDATE: They actually look fine in Chrome, but not in Firefox! I'm digging into it now. UPDATE 2: Looks like it's working now
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Thanks!
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    As noted in the announcement, I think this is the best edition yet. I'm planning to monitor the HN comments today, and I'd be happy to answer any questions.
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    Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition(news.railstutorial.org)

    136 points by mhartl 12y ago|46 comments
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Customers of softcover.io The idea is that Softcover's customers are the authors , much like WordPress's customers are bloggers. Purchasers of an author's products should notice the Softcover name only incidentally. We wan
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    by mhartl 12y ago

    Thanks for your questions. Answers appear below. 1) How critical were screencasts in convincing customers to purchase the ebook versions? The big money is in product bundles, but the ebooks sold well (~$100/day) even before the scree