It doesn't matter how much we argue back and forth on this. Newbies has a problem getting started with rails without having to pay for a book. That is a fact. It doesn't matter if the API introduction page "should" get them going, or that they "should" find what they need by googling - they are, as of now, usually not able to get started easily (without paying for it), and that's the problem that needs to be fixed by a core doc team.
On Dec 14, 12:03 pm, Michael Klishin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Long story short, it is a bit outdated after 2.0 release. We don't > want 2.0 features being discovered by masses by the time of 3.0 > release, right? > > On 14 дек. 2007, at 12:42, Sandofsky wrote: > > > > > What's wrong with just directing new people to "Agile Web Development > > with Rails"? > > > So long as you keep the API documentation up to date, I think > > professional, fulltime writers and educators can write better > > introductory documentation than any of us. > > MK --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
