From: Christian Neukirchen Date: 2006-02-05T20:29:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Strange posting about ebooks Dave Thomas writes: > On Feb 4, 2006, at 5:08 AM, Christian Neukirchen wrote: > >> While I don't agree with your view on the Pickaxe, I think you are >> right with respect to AWDWG, I didn't like the store example >> either---though it's of course a good application to use Rails for. >> >> Therefore, I actually only skimmed the tutorial part and went right on >> the reference... if you know what you want/need, this approach works >> good for me. > > This is really interesting feedback. > > When I chose the store, it wasn't because I wanted to build a store, > or because I thought most people would want to build on. Instead, I > looked for an application that would let me explore most of the > functionality of Rails in some kind of logical order. It turned out a > store was rich enough to do that, but simple enough that the > application-specific functionality didn't get in the way. The intent > was to teach Rails, not to teach how to build a store. Yeah, the store itself is not a bad idea, and for, say, 80% it will be a good introduction to Rails... but the thing I am working on[1] is very unlike a store, both from a database point of view (hint: don't start with a self-referential model for your first AR usage) and general behavior. So the store tutorial didn't really help me a lot (since I had seen the very "basics" you learn there in some other tutorials already), but the reference part is really good---I quickly found what I needed. [1]: http://fugi.anarchaia.org > Dave -- Christian Neukirchen http://chneukirchen.org