From: Bealach Na Bo <bealach@...>
Date: 2006-10-19T15:41:15+09:00
Subject: Re: [ADV] New Agile Web Development with Rails beta

Dave,

Thanks very much for your fantastic book - it got me hooked on RoR and
Ruby and I've always been a hardcore Perler.

I'm a bit worried though about the future of Web Services in RoR,
something I use extensively. What's the story?

Bealach

On 10/12/06, Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I've uploaded the B1.14 version of AWDwR.
>
> The only major change here is a revamp of the Action Mailer chapter,
> and the
> removal of the Web Services chapter.
>
> I'm still in two minds about the latter: it's a great chapter, but
> the core team
> seem to be deemphasizing Action Web Service, and the book is already
> longer than
> I'd like.  My plan is to put the existing Web Services chapter up for
> free at
> some point so you can still get to the content.
>
> Again, I need to stress that the book is written on the assumption
> that the reader has
> Rails 1.2 installed. As that doesn't yet exist, you HAVE TO HAVE EDGE
> RAILS
> for some of this stuff to work. Some folks like the following
> description
> of working with Edge:
>
> http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/installing-and-managing-
> edge-rails/
>
> As usual, the update is available for free from
>
>     http://books.pragprog.com/titles/rails2/reorder
>
> Enter just two of the three pieces of information to identify your PDF.
> I recommend using your order number and your email address, as these
> tend
> to be be the most consistent.
>
> Thanks for your support for this project. Keep the comments
> coming in.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Dave Thomas
>
>
>