Help for Rails Newbies to Determine Version Information on Web Pages
I'm trying to help some people get started with rails programming to determine which version the tips on the web pages are referring to and I'm looking for tips and / or guides on how to do this so they don't rely on me and / or waste time for advice outdated.
Narration: I'm helping some people get on the rails path, and their reactions to having trouble with Google search. They are using 2.3.5 and are thinking about moving to 3. The problem they are facing is that there are many tips specific to older versions of rails (like the popularity of 2.2) that are not identified.
I can usually figure out when pages are old quite easily, but they can't (yet). It seems that the authors of random web pages don't know which version they are using when using the current version, and not all pages are out of date.
This seems to be a common problem that will get worse - the current unadorned tips are usually 2.3.5 and the old ruthless tips are 2.2.x at the moment, but people are / will move to version 3 over the next, and so are newbies will be stuck looking at a bunch of outdated / incompatible 2.3.x tips without knowing which version.
Any tips / pointers / pointers?
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When I started working with Rails 2.x last year, I had books that spoke Rails 1.x
There have been things that have changed from 1.x to 2.x, like how scaffolding works, or a framework like streamlined has stopped existing. On the other hand, there were some concepts and points that remained valid from Rails 1.x to 2.x For example, most tutorials and docs start talking about the model layer, how easy it is to use ActiveRecord, and how you have REST to deal with basic CRUD operations ...
Overall, I think with such a vibrant community, this is actually one of the strengths of the rails that make you innovate so quickly. In fact, this is one of the strengths of the open source community.
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