While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on Rails. Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community
Benjamin, Sounds potentially to be a very useful book. Glanced over the site but didn''t see specifics as to just how much of the book exists currently. I like the way "beta" books work however recently purchased one and very little exists in way of content with no real schedule for updates. These things render the book to me useless as I can gather the information from other sources in a shorter period of it''s "indeterminate" time. What I think would be useful is a TOC of sorts, list of what is currently in the book. And it would be good to be specific, not giving away the meat of the book, but as an example - "drag and drop" shopping cart creation or "the basic / fundamental" entities of an e-commerce site. Looking forward to hearing more. Stuart On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote:> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on Rails. > > Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > > As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and > time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Head over to http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book and you''ll find the table of contents, the intro from the book, and a sample section. :) -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Dark Ambient wrote:> Benjamin, > > Sounds potentially to be a very useful book. Glanced over the site > but didn''t see specifics as to just how much of the book exists > currently. I like the way "beta" books work however recently purchased > one and very little exists in way of content with no real schedule for > updates. These things render the book to me useless as I can gather > the information from other sources in a shorter period of it''s > "indeterminate" time. > > What I think would be useful is a TOC of sorts, list of what is > currently in the book. And it would be good to be specific, not > giving away the meat of the book, but as an example - > "drag and drop" shopping cart creation or "the basic / fundamental" > entities of an e-commerce site. > > Looking forward to hearing more. > Stuart > > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> Rails. >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
My apologies for not catching that the first time. Any way to give some status of how much is completed to date ? Stuart On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote:> Head over to http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book and you''ll find > the table of contents, the intro from the book, and a sample section. :) > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Dark Ambient wrote: > > > Benjamin, > > > > Sounds potentially to be a very useful book. Glanced over the site > > but didn''t see specifics as to just how much of the book exists > > currently. I like the way "beta" books work however recently purchased > > one and very little exists in way of content with no real schedule for > > updates. These things render the book to me useless as I can gather > > the information from other sources in a shorter period of it''s > > "indeterminate" time. > > > > What I think would be useful is a TOC of sorts, list of what is > > currently in the book. And it would be good to be specific, not > > giving away the meat of the book, but as an example - > > "drag and drop" shopping cart creation or "the basic / fundamental" > > entities of an e-commerce site. > > > > Looking forward to hearing more. > > Stuart > > > > > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: > >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on > >> Rails. > >> > >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > >> > >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and > >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > >> > >> -- > >> Benjamin Curtis > >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ > >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails > >> community > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
The TOC is pulled from the book, so everything listed in it is currently available. Now, that is nowhere near 100% of what the finished book will be, but I really don''t know yet if it''s closer to 30% or 70%. I''m pretty sure it''s somewhere in between those two numbers, though. :) -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Dark Ambient wrote:> My apologies for not catching that the first time. Any way to give > some status of how much is completed to date ? > > Stuart > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> Head over to http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book and you''ll find >> the table of contents, the intro from the book, and a sample >> section. :) >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Dark Ambient wrote: >> >> > Benjamin, >> > >> > Sounds potentially to be a very useful book. Glanced over the site >> > but didn''t see specifics as to just how much of the book exists >> > currently. I like the way "beta" books work however recently >> purchased >> > one and very little exists in way of content with no real >> schedule for >> > updates. These things render the book to me useless as I can >> gather >> > the information from other sources in a shorter period of it''s >> > "indeterminate" time. >> > >> > What I think would be useful is a TOC of sorts, list of what is >> > currently in the book. And it would be good to be specific, not >> > giving away the meat of the book, but as an example - >> > "drag and drop" shopping cart creation or "the basic / fundamental" >> > entities of an e-commerce site. >> > >> > Looking forward to hearing more. >> > Stuart >> > >> > >> > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> >> Rails. >> >> >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code >> and >> >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Benjamin Curtis >> >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> >> community >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Rails mailing list >> >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Rails mailing list >> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Thanks for the reply and patience with me. Looks great and I''ll be making the purchase very soon. Your work and efforts on this book are greatly appreciated. Stuart On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <ben@bencurtis.com> wrote:> The TOC is pulled from the book, so everything listed in it is > currently available. Now, that is nowhere near 100% of what the > finished book will be, but I really don''t know yet if it''s closer to > 30% or 70%. I''m pretty sure it''s somewhere in between those two > numbers, though. :) > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Dark Ambient wrote: > > > My apologies for not catching that the first time. Any way to give > > some status of how much is completed to date ? > > > > Stuart > > > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: > >> Head over to http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book and you''ll find > >> the table of contents, the intro from the book, and a sample > >> section. :) > >> > >> -- > >> Benjamin Curtis > >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ > >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails > >> community > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Dark Ambient wrote: > >> > >> > Benjamin, > >> > > >> > Sounds potentially to be a very useful book. Glanced over the site > >> > but didn''t see specifics as to just how much of the book exists > >> > currently. I like the way "beta" books work however recently > >> purchased > >> > one and very little exists in way of content with no real > >> schedule for > >> > updates. These things render the book to me useless as I can > >> gather > >> > the information from other sources in a shorter period of it''s > >> > "indeterminate" time. > >> > > >> > What I think would be useful is a TOC of sorts, list of what is > >> > currently in the book. And it would be good to be specific, not > >> > giving away the meat of the book, but as an example - > >> > "drag and drop" shopping cart creation or "the basic / fundamental" > >> > entities of an e-commerce site. > >> > > >> > Looking forward to hearing more. > >> > Stuart > >> > > >> > > >> > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: > >> >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > >> >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > >> >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on > >> >> Rails. > >> >> > >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > >> >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > >> >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > >> >> > >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > >> >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code > >> and > >> >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Benjamin Curtis > >> >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ > >> >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > >> >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails > >> >> community > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Rails mailing list > >> >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Rails mailing list > >> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Ben, If one purchases the book will they get the updates as they are released? Thanks. - Robert Dempsey http://www.techcfl.com
Benjamin Curtis wrote:> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on Rails. > > Read my blog entry about it at > http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or > head to http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > > As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core team, > and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and time to > make Rails a wonderful development framework. > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/railsLooks interesting so far. How in depth are you going to go in terms of actually processing payment through different processors. I see PayPal is listed in the TOC, are you going to be discussing your experiences with anyone else? Are you going to be discussing the Payment gem or ActiveMerchant at all? Thank you, Matthew Margolis blog.mattmargolis.net
Yes, everyone who purchases the book will get emails as new revisions for this edition are released and will be able to download the latest revision for free. -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 6:51 AM, Robert W. Dempsey wrote:> Ben, > > If one purchases the book will they get the updates as they are > released? Thanks. > > - Robert Dempsey > http://www.techcfl.com > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Actually, most of the payment section deals with TrustCommerce, the provider with which I have the most experience and have enjoyed using. I wasn''t planning on discussing ActiveMerchant since I use my own code for interacting with TC (written before AM had TC support), but I most likely will include some samples on how I connect the ordering process to the payment processor. -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Matthew Margolis wrote:> Benjamin Curtis wrote: >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> Rails. >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code >> and time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > Looks interesting so far. How in depth are you going to go in > terms of actually processing payment through different processors. > I see PayPal is listed in the TOC, are you going to be discussing > your experiences with anyone else? Are you going to be discussing > the Payment gem or ActiveMerchant at all? > > Thank you, > Matthew Margolis > blog.mattmargolis.net > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Ben, Sorry - another question. Is it a book beginners can learn and benefit from or are certain abilities assumed, too advanced for someone "very" new to R & R. Stuart On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote:> Actually, most of the payment section deals with TrustCommerce, the > provider with which I have the most experience and have enjoyed > using. I wasn''t planning on discussing ActiveMerchant since I use my > own code for interacting with TC (written before AM had TC support), > but I most likely will include some samples on how I connect the > ordering process to the payment processor. > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Matthew Margolis wrote: > > > Benjamin Curtis wrote: > >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on > >> Rails. > >> > >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > >> > >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code > >> and time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > >> > >> -- > >> Benjamin Curtis > >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ > >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails > >> community > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > Looks interesting so far. How in depth are you going to go in > > terms of actually processing payment through different processors. > > I see PayPal is listed in the TOC, are you going to be discussing > > your experiences with anyone else? Are you going to be discussing > > the Payment gem or ActiveMerchant at all? > > > > Thank you, > > Matthew Margolis > > blog.mattmargolis.net > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
I think a beginner can definitely learn and benefit from the book, but I would warn that it''s not a step-by-step guide like AWDWR or Rails Recipes. You would probably want to be familiar with the concepts in AWDWR or have spent at least a few days on a project using Rails before jumping in to The Money Train. I may not be the best person to answer this question though, since I''m rather familiar with the subject matter. :) -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Dark Ambient wrote:> Ben, > > Sorry - another question. > Is it a book beginners can learn and benefit from or are certain > abilities assumed, too advanced for someone "very" new to R & R. > > Stuart > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> Actually, most of the payment section deals with TrustCommerce, the >> provider with which I have the most experience and have enjoyed >> using. I wasn''t planning on discussing ActiveMerchant since I use my >> own code for interacting with TC (written before AM had TC support), >> but I most likely will include some samples on how I connect the >> ordering process to the payment processor. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Matthew Margolis wrote: >> >> > Benjamin Curtis wrote: >> >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> >> Rails. >> >> >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code >> >> and time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Benjamin Curtis >> >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> >> community >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Rails mailing list >> >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > Looks interesting so far. How in depth are you going to go in >> > terms of actually processing payment through different processors. >> > I see PayPal is listed in the TOC, are you going to be discussing >> > your experiences with anyone else? Are you going to be discussing >> > the Payment gem or ActiveMerchant at all? >> > >> > Thank you, >> > Matthew Margolis >> > blog.mattmargolis.net >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Rails mailing list >> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
No, you answered that well Thanks Stuart On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote:> I think a beginner can definitely learn and benefit from the book, > but I would warn that it''s not a step-by-step guide like AWDWR or > Rails Recipes. You would probably want to be familiar with the > concepts in AWDWR or have spent at least a few days on a project > using Rails before jumping in to The Money Train. > > I may not be the best person to answer this question though, since > I''m rather familiar with the subject matter. :) > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Dark Ambient wrote: > > > Ben, > > > > Sorry - another question. > > Is it a book beginners can learn and benefit from or are certain > > abilities assumed, too advanced for someone "very" new to R & R. > > > > Stuart > > > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: > >> Actually, most of the payment section deals with TrustCommerce, the > >> provider with which I have the most experience and have enjoyed > >> using. I wasn''t planning on discussing ActiveMerchant since I use my > >> own code for interacting with TC (written before AM had TC support), > >> but I most likely will include some samples on how I connect the > >> ordering process to the payment processor. > >> > >> -- > >> Benjamin Curtis > >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ > >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails > >> community > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Matthew Margolis wrote: > >> > >> > Benjamin Curtis wrote: > >> >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > >> >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > >> >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on > >> >> Rails. > >> >> > >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > >> >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > >> >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > >> >> > >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > >> >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code > >> >> and time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Benjamin Curtis > >> >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ > >> >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > >> >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails > >> >> community > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Rails mailing list > >> >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > Looks interesting so far. How in depth are you going to go in > >> > terms of actually processing payment through different processors. > >> > I see PayPal is listed in the TOC, are you going to be discussing > >> > your experiences with anyone else? Are you going to be discussing > >> > the Payment gem or ActiveMerchant at all? > >> > > >> > Thank you, > >> > Matthew Margolis > >> > blog.mattmargolis.net > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Rails mailing list > >> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Hi Benjamin, my friend just bought me the book. Is the chapter about paypal already finished, or is there more to be expected? Regards, Beate
Ben, Nice touch on the "Prepared Exclusively for..." text :-) Had I known, I would have put some thought into filling out that box on the order form <LOL>. One little annoyance, and I mean "small", but the saved file name is meaningless to me, and I suspect, most recipients. Perhaps it could be reworked as the book title? Again, Thanx! and I am off to the Rails Conf where I am sure I will know just about everything, now that I have your e-book to complete my library. Well, complete at least today. Until something else appears. Gosh I have a lot of books. :-) G Gary Holbrook "No trees were killed in the making of this email.. ....however, a large number of electrons were horribly inconvenienced." Never sharpen a boomerang. A programmer trying to use a good analogy is like a chicken trying to farm broccoli. There''s never enough tire pressure. - Brian Welsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060620/394c5aab/attachment.html
Thanks for buying the book! :) I hadn''t planned to write much more about PayPal, unless someone has a specific need or question that I can address. Is there something in particular you''d like to see added? -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Beate Paland wrote:> Hi Benjamin, > > my friend just bought me the book. > Is the chapter about paypal already finished, or is there more to > be expected? > > Regards, > Beate > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
I''ll see about changing the file name. :) Thanks for buying the book! And if you''d really like a different name put on the PDF, email me off-list and I''ll take care of it. :) -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Gary Holbrook wrote:> Ben, > Nice touch on the "Prepared Exclusively for..." text :-) Had I > known, I would have put some thought into filling out that box on > the order form <LOL>. > > One little annoyance, and I mean "small", but the saved file name > is meaningless to me, and I suspect, most recipients. Perhaps it > could be reworked as the book title? > > Again, Thanx! and I am off to the Rails Conf where I am sure I will > know just about everything, now that I have your e-book to complete > my library. Well, complete at least today. Until something else > appears. Gosh I have a lot of books. > > :-) > G > Gary Holbrook > "No trees were killed in the making of this email.. > ....however, a large number of electrons were horribly > inconvenienced." > > Never sharpen a boomerang. > > A programmer trying to use a good analogy is like a chicken trying > to farm broccoli. There''s never enough tire pressure. - Brian Welsch > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060620/a37b8192/attachment.html
2006/6/20, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com>:> Thanks for buying the book! :) I hadn''t planned to write much more > about PayPal, unless someone has a specific need or question that I > can address. Is there something in particular you''d like to see added?I thought there would be a nice howto integrate paypal in my shop. But if you say, it''s trivial with the gem, I''ll try myself ;) Beate
Ben, The book looks like something I could really use, but I can''t seem to be able to buy it. I get the following error from PayPal when I try: Request-URI Too Large The requested URL''s length exceeds the capacity limit for this server. request failed: URI too long Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.paypal.com Port 443 Bye, Guy. On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote:> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on Rails. > > Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > > As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and > time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Family management on rails: http://www.famundo.com - coming soon! My development related blog: http://devblog.famundo.com
Hmm, I''ll take a look at that -- sorry for the inconvenience. -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Just Someone wrote:> Ben, > > The book looks like something I could really use, but I can''t seem to > be able to buy it. I get the following error from PayPal when I try: > > Request-URI Too Large > The requested URL''s length exceeds the capacity limit for this server. > > request failed: URI too long > > Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.paypal.com Port 443 > > Bye, > > Guy. > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> Rails. >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > > > -- > Family management on rails: http://www.famundo.com - coming soon! > My development related blog: http://devblog.famundo.com > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
It looks like I got a little too creative with PayPal -- more material for the book! :) Everything should be working normally now. -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Just Someone wrote:> Ben, > > The book looks like something I could really use, but I can''t seem to > be able to buy it. I get the following error from PayPal when I try: > > Request-URI Too Large > The requested URL''s length exceeds the capacity limit for this server. > > request failed: URI too long > > Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.paypal.com Port 443 > > Bye, > > Guy. > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> Rails. >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > > > -- > Family management on rails: http://www.famundo.com - coming soon! > My development related blog: http://devblog.famundo.com > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Has there been an update to this at all? I purchased it on June 20th and haven''t heard anything since downloading the book. Pat On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote:> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he > suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money > Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on Rails. > > Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ > 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// > www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. > > As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core > team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and > time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://www.bencurtis.com/ > http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management > http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
I''m shooting for an update in 2-3 weeks. Is there anything in particular you''d like to see addressed in that update? -- Benjamin Curtis http://www.bencurtis.com/ http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails community On Jul 14, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:> Has there been an update to this at all? I purchased it on June 20th > and haven''t heard anything since downloading the book. > > Pat > > On 6/20/06, Benjamin Curtis <rails@bencurtis.com> wrote: >> While talking about my RailsConf presentation with Ben Wiseley, he >> suggested writing a book on the same topic... so I did! The Money >> Train is an e-book about building e-commerce sites using Ruby on >> Rails. >> >> Read my blog entry about it at http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/ >> 2006/06/rails-e-commerce-e-book/ or head to http:// >> www.agilewebdevelopment.com/book to dive right in. >> >> As always, a big thank you goes out to DHH, the rest of the core >> team, and all the plugin authors and others who contribute code and >> time to make Rails a wonderful development framework. >> >> -- >> Benjamin Curtis >> http://www.bencurtis.com/ >> http://www.tesly.com/ -- Collaborative test case management >> http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/ -- Resources for the Rails >> community >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060714/27587d3d/attachment.html