Hi~ On Aug 20, 2007, at 3:16 PM, Roderick van Domburg wrote:
> > Hi Ezra, > >> I'm happy to announce the beta release of my book for the Pragmatic >> Programmers, Deploying Rails Applications, A Step by Step Guide. It's >> been in the works for a long time and has been rewritten multiple >> times as Rails deployment changes fast. It's an early beta book and >> has a little more then half of the final content. We are aiming to >> release a new chapter every 3 weeks until the book if finished. > > Thank you very much for taking the initiative to fill this much > observed > gap. It'll be a blessing to see Rails applications prosper in > production. > > The past two days I've taken the time to comment, suggest, and nitpick > extensively on each and every page. I hope that you will look > through my > persistence at times -- it comes from a good heart :-) > > As a whole it's shaping up to be great. Still I think that there > sometimes is a bit of unevenness in the chapters: some points are > dwelled on extensively (which I like) while other points, > especially the > ones about system administration and why to choose which kind of tool, > seem to cut a corner here and there. > > As a "neophyte Rails deployer" colleague of mine was skimming through > the book, he found the initial chapters to be a tailor fit, but hit a > wall as he encountered the Ubuntu setup. I'm on the same page with > both > you and him: indeed it's not a book about Linux system administration, > but at the same time I can imagine that the difference in level > required > for the first couple of chapters can come as a bit of a surprise. > > Looking forward to the upcoming chapters! Do let me know if I can > provide any further reviewing assistance. > > -- > Roderick van Domburg > http://www.nedforce.nl Thanks for all the erata Roderick! I'm looking forward to finishing off the rest of the book based on everyone's feedback. Cheers -- Ezra Zygmuntowicz -- Founder & Ruby Hacker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Engine Yard, Serious Rails Hosting -- (866) 518-YARD (9273) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" 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-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
