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1. Eddie on 02 Oct 16:38:
   

   How about a book review? Free does not always mean “good” or “valuable” ... no offense but to those of us unfamiliar with the author / publisher, I would like to know what I might be getting that’s “free” in the context of creating an illusion of scarcity (e.g, “get it while it lasts”)!

2. Jamis on 02 Oct 16:42:
   

   You can read my review of the book, from earlier this year, on my blog.

3. Karl on 02 Oct 17:37:
   

   Of all the ‘beginning’ RoR books I have been through, this was my favorite. It take you through the complete building of an application, testing, security, and deployment. I gave a copy to my partner to get him up-to-speed on Rails.

4. arghhhhh! on 02 Oct 17:40:
   

   I can’t seem to download it. I just get a bunch of ads. When I go to the sponsors, I still get nothing. sigh

5. Matt on 02 Oct 18:43:
   

   My guess is they’re going to be releasing a new edition for RoR 2.0.

   Doesn’t bother me, though, I like Sitepoint and its nice of them to give it away free…

6. Matt on 02 Oct 18:47:
   

   Try this link?

   http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails1/freebook.php

7. Chris on 02 Oct 20:12:
   

   I had no problem downloading the book.

   Just entered my email address and got a link to the PDF (about 20MB) within a couple of minutes.

   The hard copy version of this book sells for $40 at Borders (and probably Barnes&Noble too), so it’s not something that was thrown together.

   I actually bought the hard copy version a few months ago, and I thought it was a very solid title. Nice to see SitePoint giving it away for free to introduce more people to RoR who might not have otherwise played with the framework.

8. John on 03 Oct 00:26:
   

   Hey Eddie,

   How about downloading the book and have a look yourself, rather than rely on others to do everything for you?

9. Eimanatas on 03 Oct 05:38:
   

   I’m pretty sure they’re trying to get some emails for newslettering as well .)

10. Freedom on 03 Oct 06:25:
    

    Here’s the direct link to the book. http://media.sitepoint.com/books/ror.pdf

11. Chriztian Steinmeier on 03 Oct 09:46:
    

    “I’m pretty sure they’re trying to get some emails for newslettering as well”

    They are – and they’re trying hard :-)

    But that’s kinda OK for a free book, don’t you think?

    There’s a couple of Ads inside the book too, but once you get to Chapter 1, they’re gone.

12. travis on 03 Oct 14:20:
    

    That Patrick Lenz guy is totally giving me the Rape Eyes

13. Matt Brown on 04 Oct 14:23:
    

    I’m about halfway done with this book and I can honestly say, it’s high quality, well written and the author knows his stuff. I think I had one script he suggested not work; and that was probably because newer versions of everything have come out since this was written. Giving my email address for a free download of a good book is fair to me.

14. Jesse Crockett on 04 Oct 19:44:
    

    If it’s not good, heads will roll, you know. On Rails!!

15. Ryan Bigg on 05 Oct 04:45:
    

    “I’m pretty sure they’re trying to get some emails for newslettering as well”

    Nothing a little Right Click -> Mark as Junk can’t fix.

16. Felipe Giotto on 06 Oct 13:50:
    

    I couldn’t read it yet, but I’m already downloading and I’ll read in the next days. I think we should NOT say these bad things about the book without reading it. Free doesn’t mean a good or a bad book. Just after spending some hours in front of it we’ll be able to say something, and when I finish it, I’ll be back here and talk about it.

17. Brian on 06 Oct 20:57:
    

    Thank you, SitePoint and Patrick. I did a postgraduate diploma in Computing 1980 but have not used it much since. I am finding your material easy to follow. Your metaphors are really good at explaining the theoretical material.

    I especially like SitePoint’s commitment to the theories underlying the various computing methodologies such as CSS and OOP. I know this is a go-go industry where understanding is often seen as the boobie prize and production is all that matters. However, back in 1980, (yeah, when dinasours roamed the earth!) I was taught to appreciate rational design as a form of poetry and a gift to the poor sap who had to maintain your code after you were long gone.

    Thanks for the freebie.

18. Yusuf on 31 Oct 20:36:
    

    I just got 4 chapters