Full draft of the Rails Tutorial 3rd Ed.

Drafts of Chapters 9–12 from the Ruby on Rails Tutorial (3rd Ed.) are now available:

• Chapter 9: Updating, showing, and deleting users

• Chapter 10: Account activation and password reset

• Chapter 11: User microposts

• Chapter 12: Following users

Chapters 9, 11, and 12 have been extensively revised for the 3rd edition, and Chapter 10 is completely new. With this release, the 3rd edition draft is now available in its entirety; see the main 3rd edition announcement post for more details, and sign up here for priority notifications and an exclusive coupon code.

I hope to launch ebooks sales of the 3rd edition within a few weeks. All current customers will get upgrade discounts, with especially generous discounts for those who made recent purchases.