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This article is based on Rails 3 in Action, to be published Fall 2011. It is being reproduced here by permission from Manning Publications. Manning publishes MEAP (Manning Early Access Program,) eBooks and pBooks. MEAPs are sold exclusively through Manning.com. All pBook purchases include free PDF, mobi and epub. When mobile formats become available all […]
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Building Dynamic Web 2.0 Websites with Ruby on Rails
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