Product Overview

Simply Rails 2

About the Author

Patrick Lenz has been developing web applications for ten years. Founder and lead developer of the freshmeat.net software portal, he and his Rails consultancy and application development company, limited overload, were responsible for a major relaunch of eins.de, Germany’s biggest infotainment community, which is now one of the most popular Ruby on Rails sites in Europe.

Patrick lives in Wiesbaden, Germany, with his wife Alice and his daughter Gwendolyn. When not working in front of a computer, he can often be seen with a camera in his hand, either taking artsy pictures or documenting the progress of his baby girl conquering the world. He also enjoys cars, music, and extended weekend brunches with friends.

His weblog can be found at poocs.net.

About the Expert Reviewer

Luke Redpath is a programmer with over seven years’ experience in the web design and development field. A recovering PHP and ASP developer, Luke has been using Ruby and Rails professionally for nearly two years and has released and contributed to several Ruby libraries and Rails plugins, including UJS — the Rails unobtrusive JavaScript plugin. He currently resides in North London, UK with his long-term partner Julie.

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