Beginning Ruby on Rails

ISBN: 978-0-470-06915-8

Paperback

408 pages

November 2006

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Chapter	Page	Details	Date
	60	Typo First Sentence: clocks should be: blocks	02/19/07
	69-71	Error in Text The output of the code: The new dog is brown should be: The new animal is brown	01/16/07
	94	Error in Directory Path under "Creating the controller": rubydev\ch04\first\controllers directory should be: rubydev\ch04\first\app\controllers	02/19/07
	139	Error in Text C:\rubydev\ch05\modeler>ruby script/server should be: C:\rubydev\ch05\textfields2>ruby script/server	02/06/07
	144	Error in Text http//localhost3000/input.html should be: http//localhost3000/look/at	02/06/07
	147	Error in Step step 9: http://localhost:3000/input.html should be: http://localhost:3000/look/input	02/19/07
5	154, 155	Error in Code pg 144: 5. Create a new view template for the application, rubydev\ch05\textfields2\app\views\look\input.rhtml should be: 5. Create a new view template for the application, rubydev\ch05\session\app\views\look\at.rhtml THEN pp 155, to invoke it: localhost:3000/look/at	01/04/07
	167	Error in Text C:\>cd \rubydev\ch06\store>ruby should be: C:\>cd \rubydev\ch06\store	02/06/07
	193	Error in Code 2nd highlighted block: :order => "name description" should be: :order => "name, description"	12/27/2007
	216	Error in Text @cart.initializeinitialize should be: @cart.initialize	02/06/07
	231	Error in Text validates_numericality_of. Should be: validates_uniqueness_of.	05/21/07
	235	Error in Code "Try It Out", Step 1: code line: validates_inclusion_of :data, :in=> 1..99, :message => "is out of bounds" should be: validates_inclusion_of :data, :in=> '1'..'99', :message => "is out of bounds"	1/25/07
	245	Error in Text Below figure 8-17 reads: various options you can set with validates_confirmation_of. should read: various options you can set with validates_length_of.	03/05/07
	274	Error in Code (2) if (Time.now.hour >= 9 && Time.now.hour <== 17) should be: if (Time.now.hour >= 9 && Time.now.hour <= 17) the error is repeated on this page	05/17/07
	275	Error in URL step 11: Navigate to http://localhost:3000/play/game should be: Navigate to http://localhost:3000/play/now	05/17/07
	285	Error in Command step 1: rails login should be: rails copyrighter	05/17/07
11	330	Error in Code In part 5 of the Using XML and Ajax Try it out section: 'var xmlDocment = request.responseXml' might have to be: 'var xmlDocument = request.responseXML'. (note: some browsers might require capitalization)	08/13/2007
5		Error in Code Step #4 Create a new file, rubydev\ch05\textfields\public\input.html, adding this code: <html> <head> <title>Using Text Fields</title> </head> <body> <h1>Working With Text Fields</h1> This Ruby on Rails application lets you read data from text fields. <br> <form action = "\look\at" > Please enter your name. <br> <input type="text" name="text1"> <br> <br> <input type="submit"/> </form> </body> </html> the code <form action = "\look\at" > is problematic, as the URI scheme, used by html, does not allow for backslashes ("\"). the correct syntax would be <form action = "/look/at" >. though the former works on internet explorer 6, it does not on firefox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#Generic_syntax"	07/24/2007