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Hi -- I''m on the road, so I haven''t laid eyes on it yet -- but word on the virtual street is that "Ruby for Rails: Ruby techniques for Rails developers" is now out in paper. It will probably take a little longer to trickle to your neighborhood Barnes and Noble... but you can order it now from the publisher. See http://www.manning.com/black. And trickle it will, too.

Hello everyone -- Ruby Central, Inc. is pleased to announce the first official.... EUROPEAN RAILS CONFERENCE September 14-15, 2006 TUC Congress Centre London, UK Sponsored by Skills Matter Ltd. (UK) Speakers scheduled to appear at this exciting event include: * David Heienemeier Hansson * Dave Thomas * Kathy Sierra * Scott Baron

Hello everyone -- We are very pleased to announce the launching of the Ruby Central Regional Conference Grant Program for 2006. This program will provide grants of up to $1500 US to approximate six to eight regional conferences, over the next year. You can download full details at either of these addresses: http://www.rubycentral.org/rcg2006.pdf

Hi all -- The second printing of "Ruby for Rails" is happening soon. If you''ve spotted any small errors, let me know... like... *very* soon :-) (I want to know about large errors too, but those fixes won''t make it into this printing :-) Thanks! David -- David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net) Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypowerandlight.com) See what

Hi everyone -- Registration is now open for the upcoming Silicon Valley Ruby Conference, April 22-23. This event is a co-production of SDForum and Ruby Central, Inc. Some FAQ: Is this the same as RubyConf? No, it''s an event unto itself, and quite a substantial one! Is it only for Silicon Valley people? No. It''s got some regional Ruby community emphasis --

Hi -- Here''s the current status of RubyConf registration: I''m tinkering with the form.... We''re using an outside registration service for the first time, so I have to make sure I get it right, and it''s actually pretty complicated (I think). We got our credit card merchant account, so we''re good to go on that score. My current plan, barring

Hi -- I''m going to be giving a free (but limited enrollment) one-day Rails workshop in Malmo, Sweden, on September 17. The event is presented by Polar Rose (http://www.polarrose.com). For more info: http://www.polarrose.com/about/ruby-on-rails-workshop-by-david-black Hop on over from London if you''re at RailsConf Europe! (Which [London] is where I am now.) David --

Hi everyone -- In the excitement of the Chicago RailsConf and other recent events, don''t forget the excitement of RailsConf Europe! You''ve heard of it, but it seems kind of shadowy compared to the "big" events? Here''s the news: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It IS a big event!

Hi -- My book "Ruby for Rails" is now being released one chapter at a time through the Manning Early Access Program, with the whole book due to appear on May 1. If you''re interested, see http://www.manning.com/books/black (I guess I could have just sent my sig with no body, but anyway :-) David -- David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net) Ruby Power and Light

Hello all -- And a special greeting to those of you who were at RailsConf 2006 in Chicago. You know how great the event was, and how great the European Rails Conference is going to be in London in September! We''re now accepting proposals for talks at the European Rails Conference, to be held September 14-15 in London. Accepted speakers will get free admission to the conference.

Hi -- Registration for RubyConf 2006 is still scheduled to open on August 2, in the early evening Pacific (US West Coast) time. Also, there''s more info at http://www.rubycentral.org/conference (e.g., the fact that this year we''re only taking credit cards, etc.). David P.S. Any LA area Rubyists around? I''ll be there this week doing Rails training. --

Hi -- Just a quick note to announce the creation of DABlog, David A. Black''s Log, at http://dablog.rubypowerandlight.com. You can also reach it at http://dablog.rubypal.com, if you want to type less :-) DABlog runs on Typo. Meanwhile, greetings from Chicago -- I hope I''ll see lots of you here. David -- David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net) Ruby Power and Light, LLC

[Strictly speaking, this isn''t really a "reminder", since I''m fairly sure the original announcement didn''t go to this list. Nonetheless -- here it is!] Hi everyone -- In case you missed it the first time (and rather a lot of you seem to have...) -- You can now submit a RubyConf 2006 presentation proposal, at: http://proposals.rubygarden.org You

I''m having a problem getting this example from the book to work: class Cookbook attr_accessor :title, :author def initialize @recipes = [] end def method_missing(m, *args, &block) @recipes.send(m, *args, &block) end end cb = Cookbook.new cb << recipe_for_cake cb << recipe_for_chicken beef_dishes = cb.find_all {|recipes| recipe.main_ingredient ==

Hi, I am working thru the Ruby for rails book. On page 30 David Black talks about running erb from the command line i.e. $ erb erbdemo.rb just as you would a normal ruby prog ($ ruby erbdemo.rb) but when I try to do this I get command not found. How do I make this work? I am running Linux (Ubuntu Breezy) Regards, Paul

I have a loop that I iterate through in my view. <% coll.each do |itm| puts(itm.value) end %> How do I render the itm.value without using a <%= %> tag? Should puts not work? Joerg P.S. There is a good enough reason for me wanting to do this :-) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I bought the pickaxe about 1 1/2 months ago, and I have been reading through it and learning Ruby in my spare time. I''m about 200 pages into it, and I''m starting to think I don''t need to know all of the in''s and out''s of Ruby to get a good hang on Rails. How much Ruby do I really need to be proficient in Rails? Ruby is a great language, I love it, but

hello, On page 49 of the beta version of Ruby on Rails: Up and Running, the book suggests to download a zip file containing everything that has been done up to that point, and a create_tables_with_data.sql file. The book doesn''t have the link, and I couldn''t find it in the book site. Does anyone know where to get the files? This is a very good book. Thanks. -- Posted via

I''m trying to figure out an elegant way to do this: I have the following three tables: people, employer, employees And consequently the following three models: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base end class Employer < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :employees end class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :person belongs_to :employer end I want to be able to say:

Manning is running a contest: If you make the winning entry, you''ll win a $100 Manning Gift Certificate (hey, that''d be two copies of David''s awesome Ruby for Rails). the contest is to complete the phrase: Ruby is to Rails as ___________ is to __________________ The contest is at: http://www.manning.com/black/contest.php -- thanks, -pate