John Catalyne
2011-Apr-12 21:40 UTC
Is "Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails " still useable?
I was thinking of buying the above mentioned book, but since it''s from 2007, I thought it would be wiser to ask here if I can still make use of the things in it, or are they too outdated? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Bryan Crossland
2011-Apr-13 22:00 UTC
Re: Is "Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails " still useable?
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:40 PM, John Catalyne <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I was thinking of buying the above mentioned book, but since it''s from > 2007, I thought it would be wiser to ask here if I can still make use of > the things in it, or are they too outdated? >You should still be able to get some use out of it I would think. However, you need to be aware that a lot has changed in the last 4 years. Look close at the Table of Contents and the reviews and judge from there if you can''t find a store that has a copy for you to look at. B. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
David Kahn
2011-Apr-13 22:22 UTC
Re: Is "Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails " still useable?
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Bryan Crossland <bacrossland-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>wrote:> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:40 PM, John Catalyne <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>wrote: > >> I was thinking of buying the above mentioned book, but since it''s from >> 2007, I thought it would be wiser to ask here if I can still make use of >> the things in it, or are they too outdated? >> > > You should still be able to get some use out of it I would think. However, > you need to be aware that a lot has changed in the last 4 years. Look close > at the Table of Contents and the reviews and judge from there if you can''t > find a store that has a copy for you to look at. >If you are interested in syntax Rails 3 changed a lot of things... not sure what is out there but you may want to ideally look for something which has been written with Rails 3 in mind.> > B. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.