The first edition was touted as the ultimate rails beginners book and read by 10’s of thousands of people. I’m pleased to announce a 2nd edition to Patrick Lenz’s brilliant book…
It’s called Simply Rails 2 and is available for purchase right now in PDF or Printed format at sitepoint.com.
Grab the printed version for just $39.95 or the PDF version for just $29.95.
With Simply Rails 2 you’ll learn how to build bulletproof Web applications from scratch, with more features using less code.
Patrick’s updated the entire book to take advantage of all the new Rails 2 features. It’s the only beginner’s book we know that’s Rails 2 ready…
Inside the book you’ll learn how to:
- Build and deploy your own Rails web application.
- Reap the benefits of using best-practice MVC architecture.
- Use Rails’s Ajax features to create slick interfaces.
- Interact with databases easily using ActiveRecord.
- Add the magic of REST to your apps with Rails Resources.
- Use plugins to enhance your applications easily.
Simply Rails 2 will show you that there is a simple and easy way to build web 2.0 applications.





June 2nd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I just received mine. Can’t wait to take it for a spin!
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:46 am
Looking forward to read it. One question though: why aren’t the train on the book cover running on rails? :-)
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I’m just received mine from Amazon, but haven’t read yet because my house is still under heavy-reconstruction…. still concentrate on that matter. Hope I can start open the book soon…. anyway I may be the first one who buy the book at amazon :D…
June 4th, 2008 at 10:25 am
We actually ‘rented’ that toy train for the afternoon from a little asian goods shop up the road. They had dancing elephants and clockwork aeroplanes and wind-up bugs — but unfortunately no rails to put out train on ;)
June 4th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Hope you get a lot out of it when you do get time to sit down with it, Muhammad. You might even be the first reviewer on Amazon?
;)
July 21st, 2008 at 3:04 am
Is this book for RoR 2.1?