Re: Rails Framework Documentation - More Info, Please

Bryan Cox
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:46:39 -0000

Taylor and Conrad,

Thanks for the help.  I did end up finding the documentation in AWDwRv2
(had to think for a moment what you were talking about with the
acronym!)  My specific problem, however, illustrated a common problem
I''ve experienced with the documentation a number of times... It feels
stinky that in order to get full documentation on an open source
product, I would have to purchase a book authored by someone
intrinsically involved in the creation of Rails.  I''d purchase the book
anyway because documentation doesn''t give you a "How to get
started"
(generally), and I don''t mind the person making money..... anyway,
enough with a rant of frustration.

One more question:

What books go more in-depth than AWDwRv2?  I''d like to learn a lot more
about the object structure, etc. and can see doing this with the docs,
but not all of it.


Conrad Taylor wrote:
> Hey Brian, if you take another look at the AWDwRv2, it provides the
> answer for you on page 484 of the PDF.  You may also see usage on page
> 162 as well.  Next, are you attempting to edit the password field?  I
> believe this is the case.  Then you''ll need to do the following:
>
> :value => ""
>
> Note:  The option that you use for the password_field would be very
> similar to the options that you would use within HTML.
>
> Good luck,
>
> -Conrad