At last!
Amazon has just sent me the book Agile Web Development with Rails that I ordered one month ago.
This book focuses on Ruby on Rails, the open source framework to write web applications in the Ruby programming language (which is making a lot of buzz on the Internet right now).
Previously, I had purchased Programming Ruby.
I guess I can start experimenting with Rails a lot more now as I finally have the two books pictured on the right 
By the way, both Ruby on Rails and Ruby Gems, the Ruby package manager, have just been updated. I did this on my Linux box:
sudo gem update --system
sudo rm /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/source_cache
sudo gem install rails
By the way, here is a tip I got from the Agile Web Development with Rails book on how to generate the Ruby on Rails API documentation automatically:
rails dummy
cd dummy
rake rails:freeze:gems
echo >vendor/rails/activesupport/README
rake doc:rails
A directory called api will be created into the doc directory. Move it to the desktop and, voilà , you have the complete API documentation.
Have fun!
(Image courtesy of Spuggy, source_cache tip from ImaPenguin and Ruby Gems tip from Gregory Brown)
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March 30th, 2007 at 21:45
i downloaded
1) Agile_Web_Development_With_Rails-2nd_Ed_Beta
2) Rails_Recipes__Pragmatic_2006.06_
3)The_Ruby_Way_Solutions_and_Techniques_in_Ruby_Programming__Second_Edition
4) Ruby_on_Rails_Up_and_Running
from [some URL that curiousEngine gave but which I have removed because I do not want to condone piracy here - Avinash]
currently downloading:
Instant Rails 1.7 (59.21 Mb) and ruby plug-in for Eclipse:
http://www.eclipse.org/search/search.cgi?t=All&t=Downloads&t=Wiki&wf=574a74&q=ruby&x=0&y=0
It is also possible to use Ruby Development Tools also i think:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50233&package_id=43880&release_id=413309
and yes, Photo Courtesy:
http://www.pjhyett.com/5
lolz
March 30th, 2007 at 22:11
Ahhh Today its Ruby on Rails, and tomorrow ErlyWeb maybe???
Erlang is a great language programming language for solving many different kinds of problems that are outside of its original domain (telcom). For some problems, it’s the best.
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/articles/erlang.html
- With ErlyWeb, Erlang makes an excellent toolkit for building webapps (especially those that go beyond simple CRUD). To web developers, it provides a unique blend of an industrial-strength platform and a simple, flexible, and powerful programming model.
An application of the emerging ErlyWeb:
http://yarivsblog.com/articles/2007/03/15/boston-barcamp2/
March 30th, 2007 at 22:49
RoR is just too great for developing web applications! Slowly I’am migrating all the “old” php scripts at work towards RoR apps. You can also have a look at the Rails Cookbook (Oreilly) which is very very helpful, with lots of tips and tricks.
March 31st, 2007 at 01:13
To curiousEngine:
I suppose you have noticed that I removed the URL you gave. As for ErlyWeb, why not? In fact, I’ve started looking at Seaside lately. So I guess I’ll have to have a look at ErlyWeb.
To Asvin:
I was wondering whether to buy the Rails Cookbook and in the end I bought some other book. I’ll buy it next time
Do you think it is still important to teach PHP now or is this kind of programming outdated? I’m asking because I’m setting up a new programme with some colleagues at the UoM and this is something that has been troubling me for some time…
March 31st, 2007 at 17:47
I still think PHP has a major role to play in the future, with PHP5 object oriented and great features like SimpleXML. IMHO I see PHP scripts for frontend apps and RoR apps for all the backend stuff, and that’s what I’am actually trying to do at work