Re: Rails Framework Documentation - More Info, Please

Brian Hogan
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:42:15 -0000

Reading "Ruby For Rails" will help you understand why some of the
things in
Rails work the way they do. It''s a very worthwhile read.

On 12/20/06, Jeremy McAnally
<jeremymcanally-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> The best next step seems to be Ruby for Rails and/or something like
> Rails Recipes or Ruby/Rails Cookbook.  I found these resources to be
> excellent ways to deepen my understanding of Ruby and Rails while also
> picking up some interesting, time saving tricks.
>
> --Jeremy
>
> On 12/20/06, Bryan Cox
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
> > >
> >
>
> >