Rails - Apr 2008 - [ADV] Announcing the Third Edition of Agile Web Development with Rails

If a dog year is 7 human years, then a Rails year is a lifetime.

Things keep changing—the core team add new features (and remove old
ones...), and we all learn new idioms and patterns for writing Rails
applications.

So the time has come to refresh Agile Web Development with Rails.

But this isn''t a regular "dust off the API" update. This
one''s big.

Because Sam Ruby (yes, he of the REST book fame) has come on board,
and will be shepherding this new edition through to its final form.

So far, he has gone through the Depot application chapters and updated
them for Rails 2. Over time, the whole book will be getting the same
treatment. Sam brings an incredible amount of experience to this, so
we''ll see a book full of fresh insights on writing totally up-to-date
web applications.

We''re in beta as of today. That means that you can buy the PDF now,
and we''ll update as new material becomes available. It''s a
blended
beta, which means the second edition content is in there alongside the
third edition—the new content has red page headings, the old gray. You
can also get a discount of the paper book when it finally comes out if
you buy the paper book as part of a combo pack.

Now, we know that some people want paper NOW! So we''re trying an
experiment. Most of the second edition book is still relevant to Rails
2, so we''re making the second edition paper book available for
purchase at 50% off. That way you can use it while waiting for the
third edition to arrive.

And, if you bought the second edition from us in paper or PDF form
within the last 45 days, log into your account on our site to receive
a coupon for a free upgrade to the third edition.

Enjoy.


Dave
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Thanks Dave and everyone else for putting the work in to bring us the
Third Edition. I''ll be picking this up within the hour.

On Apr 23, 2:56 pm, pragdave
<d...-kbbdpT5sCmpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> If a dog year is 7 human years, then a Rails year is a lifetime.
>
> Things keep changing—the core team add new features (and remove old
> ones...), and we all learn new idioms and patterns for writing Rails
> applications.
>
> So the time has come to refresh Agile Web Development with Rails.
>
> But this isn''t a regular "dust off the API" update. This
one''s big.
>
> Because Sam Ruby (yes, he of the REST book fame) has come on board,
> and will be shepherding this new edition through to its final form.
>
> So far, he has gone through the Depot application chapters and updated
> them for Rails 2. Over time, the whole book will be getting the same
> treatment. Sam brings an incredible amount of experience to this, so
> we''ll see a book full of fresh insights on writing totally
up-to-date
> web applications.
>
> We''re in beta as of today. That means that you can buy the PDF
now,
> and we''ll update as new material becomes available. It''s
a blended
> beta, which means the second edition content is in there alongside the
> third edition—the new content has red page headings, the old gray. You
> can also get a discount of the paper book when it finally comes out if
> you buy the paper book as part of a combo pack.
>
> Now, we know that some people want paper NOW! So we''re trying an
> experiment. Most of the second edition book is still relevant to Rails
> 2, so we''re making the second edition paper book available for
> purchase at 50% off. That way you can use it while waiting for the
> third edition to arrive.
>
> And, if you bought the second edition from us in paper or PDF form
> within the last 45 days, log into your account on our site to receive
> a coupon for a free upgrade to the third edition.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Dave
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>
Dave was too polite to include a link, so here it is:

http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition



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That''s great news, Dave. Obie''s book is great, but I am glad
we''ll
have an updated version of yours next to it.

On Apr 23, 12:56 pm, pragdave
<d...-kbbdpT5sCmpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> If a dog year is 7 human years, then a Rails year is a lifetime.
>
> Things keep changing—the core team add new features (and remove old
> ones...), and we all learn new idioms and patterns for writing Rails
> applications.
>
> So the time has come to refresh Agile Web Development with Rails.
>
> But this isn''t a regular "dust off the API" update. This
one''s big.
>
> Because Sam Ruby (yes, he of the REST book fame) has come on board,
> and will be shepherding this new edition through to its final form.
>
> So far, he has gone through the Depot application chapters and updated
> them for Rails 2. Over time, the whole book will be getting the same
> treatment. Sam brings an incredible amount of experience to this, so
> we''ll see a book full of fresh insights on writing totally
up-to-date
> web applications.
>
> We''re in beta as of today. That means that you can buy the PDF
now,
> and we''ll update as new material becomes available. It''s
a blended
> beta, which means the second edition content is in there alongside the
> third edition—the new content has red page headings, the old gray. You
> can also get a discount of the paper book when it finally comes out if
> you buy the paper book as part of a combo pack.
>
> Now, we know that some people want paper NOW! So we''re trying an
> experiment. Most of the second edition book is still relevant to Rails
> 2, so we''re making the second edition paper book available for
> purchase at 50% off. That way you can use it while waiting for the
> third edition to arrive.
>
> And, if you bought the second edition from us in paper or PDF form
> within the last 45 days, log into your account on our site to receive
> a coupon for a free upgrade to the third edition.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Dave
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Help me figure out the best way to "have it all"?

I DO want paper now.  I DO want beta PDF.  I DO want 3rd edition
paper.

So, what to do?  Buy 2nd edition paper, get a coupon for upgrade and
wait?  Or what?

How about you guys make a combo-pack of 2nd ed. paper, 3rd ed. beta
PDF and 3rd ed. paper when it''s available.  That should help you get
rid of the 2nd ed. paper and build up the pre-publication sales.  What
do you say?


Jim Maher
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