Kimptoc

Hey you awesome Rails grafter,

Wondering if anyone is interested in getting this ebook/pdf?

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/7766484768/backbone-js-on-rails-a-new-dynamic-ebook

Its currently $39 until 1st August, but they have a group (10 copies) option for $199 – which seems to have no restriction on who the 10 are (ie not the same company etc). Hence $20 per person.

So, the point of my post – anyone interested in combining with me on this? Its done via github accounts – the book is being written on there.

My thoughts are I’d pay the $199 and then you pay me $20.

If interested, please mail me direct via chris at kimptoc dot net.

Thanks,
Chris

PS Paypal is fine :)

PPS Names  9 – yay, ordered it!

PPPS +2 extra… wonder if there will enough for another group order :)  … or maybe one of the 9 will change their mind :(

Also thanks to Riccardo for the SD Ruby Backbone presentation link. Also found a Peepcode ($12) screencast too. Obviously there is also the official Backbone site too :)

NOTE – just found out the book is at a really early stage…

NOTE: If you are not using rvm, this may work more smoothly, but I want to use rvm, hence the pain :(

FIRST – make sure your Ubuntu box is ready for Ruby. If this is not done correctly, you may need to re-install ruby several times, which can get quite frustrating :(

sudo aptitude install build-essential bison openssl libreadline6
libreadline6-dev curl git zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev
libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf
libc6-dev ncurses-dev subversion

Then install rvm

#Install RVM and ruby 1.9.2 on Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install curl build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5-dev
bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
# Add to end of .bashrc file ...
if [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] ; then source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
; fi
# Open a new terminal
type rvm | head -n1 # Should see "rvm is a function"
rvm notes # to make sure of a good install
rvm install 1.9.2 # Installs ruby 1.9.2
rvm --default ruby-1.9.2 # Makes 1.9.2 the default ruby
ruby -v # Should see the 1.9.2 message

Now you should be able to follow the quick start guide, and “gem install heroku” should install it and its dependancies…

http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/quickstart

Gem dependancies:

1. rest-client
2. mime-types
3. launchy
4. readline (although I thought we’d tried the readline workaround below)

Sources:

1. Heroku Groups
2. Ruby openssl issues – http://beginrescueend.com/packages/openssl/
3. zlib issues – http://beginrescueend.com/packages/zlib/
4. readline – https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/packages/readline/