Archive for Books

I’m in Rails Recipes!

Chad Fowler has graciously accepted one of my recipes for inclusion in his new book, Rails Recipes! It’s recipe #65, “Easy HTML Whitelists�, in the latest beta version of the book. If you haven’t already pre-ordered your copy, I suggest you click over to the Pragmatic Programmers website and do so now. The other 69 recipes are just as good (if not better).

Rails Recipes

I finally got around to purchasing a copy of the Rails Recipes book by Chad Fowler and I must say I’m enjoying it quite a bit. So I thought I’d contribute to the discussion surrounding the book with a recipe: Quick and Easy Textfilters. Enjoy!

Agile Web Development with Rails is Out!

Agile Web Development with Rails

It looks like DHH was able to influence Dave Thomas into releasing a Beta version of Agile Web Development with Rails. I purchased the PDF+book edition to show my support and, frankly, I am not disappointed. Though there are some layout and typographical issues, the content is great. I feel like I’m finally getting up to speed on Rails. I’m currently up to Chapter 5, where the book dives into the development of an e-commerce web-app. I’ll post a review once I finish the book. But, as of right now, I recommend that anyone interested in developing web-apps with Rails definitely pick-up a copy.