Don't forget the official Rails Wiki - http://wiki.rubyonrails.org. Lots of good info there.
On Jul 13, 2:09 pm, Brian <butler.bria...@gmail.com> wrote: > So yes, it's important to write your topic with something specific and > interesting so that the experts want to read and help. But with some > luck, you'll still get views with a poorly written topic. There's a > better (in my opinion) reason to be specific -- to help the people who > have the same issue tomorrow. I try to write a topic such that if it > had already existed (started by someone else last year, for example) > my google searches would have revealed this based on title alone. In > light of that, something along the lines of "How can I make Model.find > use a SQL WHERE clause?" is even better than "Need assistance with > model/query issue" (possibly you agree and were just trying to keep > the example generic). > > Sometimes if I'm not familiar with terminology I'm tempted to be > vague, but think of it this way: if I'm specific and inaccurate, > hopefully someone corrects me. Maybe my problem is well understood, > and I just didn't know how to search for it. The next person who is > equally confused benefits from my specific topic title. > > On Jul 13, 10:17 am, "Älphä Blüë" <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> > wrote: > > > Example of a bad topic thread: > > > "I'm having trouble, please help" > > > -- this doesn't describe anything and your topic might be avoided. > > > Example of a good topic thread: > > > "Need assistance with model/query issue" > > > -- this describes the problem as being related to models/queries. > > This is a great thread, by the way! I've been using primarily: > Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide for a solid > understanding of the language, Agile Web Development with Rails, and > the guides at rubyonrails.org. I'll try out some of your other > suggestions tonight. Found anything good on Rails + Ajax yet? I > can't decide whether to order Scott Raymond's book or not since the > abstract seems to indicate I can learn the same things reading > script.aculo.us reference material. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
