Anniversary of the Rails/Merb Merger: So How'd It Go?(engineyard.com)
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Anniversary of the Rails/Merb Merger: So How'd It Go?
http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/rails-and-merb-merge-the-anniversary-part-1-of-6/
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Check out the Rails Way. It does a really good job of walking you through all of the parts of Rails.
It's a great book for Rails 2. I'd wait for a Rails 3 revision though.
Its indeed a great book. It covers a lot depth which is unseen in other Rails books. But it hasn't kept up with the speed of Rails development. I really hope Obie revises the text and releases another version soon.
It's true, but does Rails 3 even have a target release day yet? It's still worthwhile to learn about Rails 2, since it's what's usable now.
I do anticipate getting a copy for Rails 3, for sure.
I do anticipate getting a copy for Rails 3, for sure.
Thanks I will. That one's been on my list for a while actually. I had not realised that it actually walks you through the internals though. Maybe this will be the impetus I need to finally get around to snaffling it.
It is really, really hefty. I have a copy from 2007, and it's 910 pages.
One nice immediate benefit of all of this is that ActionMailer gets all of the functionality of ActionController in a clean, intentional way. Everything from layouts and helpers to filters is using the identical code that ActionController uses, so ActionMailer can never again drift away from the functionality of ActionController (as ActionController itself evolves).
I particularly like the sound of this, bringing ActionMailer more into the fold as it were. I've had a number of occasions to need to use ActionMailer and it's not always been a pleasant experience.