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Products that do what I open sourced my eBook on upgrading to Rails 3 does

1. 1IM
   I'm writing a leanpub book - Upgrade to Rails 4▲29

   2013 · leanpub.com

2. 2SA
   Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial▲208

   2014 · softcover.io

3. 3IR
   I released the first chapter of my Rails/Heroku eBook for free▲7

   2014 · leanpub.com

4. 4AU
   A usable eBook reader inside a browser (azw3, mobi, ePub, pdf)▲297

   2021 · loudreader.com

5. 5P2
   Phoneify - 20 hours with Rails 3 & Twilio▲95

   I wrote this over the last couple of weeks using Rails 3, Twilio and a variety of Gems, putting in about 2 hours per day. I'd love any feedback from the HN community on any aspects of the site (design, API construction, documentation, marketing, pricing which is TBD). On a related note: I have to say that I'm really flying with Rails 3. Typically I roll with Django, but have been super impressed with the Rails 3. Feels really clean, and there are some Gems that make the more mundane parts of the webapp construction fun and agile: Haml/Sass, blueprint, Fancy-buttons, Devise. I'll probably…

   2011 · phoneify.com

6. 6GO
   Gallery of Open Source Ruby on Rails Apps▲158

   2013 · opensourcerails.com

7. 7MM
   My ML applications book, which HN helped me write (sample chapter) [pdf]▲272

   2020 · mlpowered.com

8. 8AB
   A book on Building API's with Rails▲8

   2014 · apionrails.icalialabs.com

9. 9IJ
   I just open-sourced the Rails toolkit I use to quickly launch sites▲22

   2014 · github.com

10. 10BI
    Bootstrap In Practice, my ebook for starters▲32

    2013 · williamghelfi.com

11. 11AR
    Automated Rails development with Prelang▲229

    2014 · prelang.com

12. 12OS
    Open-Source Rails Point of Sale▲27

    2014 · websitescenes.github.io

13. 13CE
    Chrome Extension Starter Kit and eBook▲85

    2020 · chromeextensionkit.com

14. 14RO
    Rails One Click Installer for Mac Os X▲92

    2012 · github.com

15. 15MT
    My Technical Blogging book for hackers and founders is now in Beta▲80

    2011 · pragprog.com

16. 16DE
    Documentation Engine for Rails Apps▲25

    2014 · adamcooke.io

17. 17OA
    Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation▲110

    2013 · omniref.com

18. 18IW
    I wrote an eBook on building iOS apps. First chapter is free.▲37

    2013 · yourfirstiosapp.com

19. 19MF
    My first Rails app▲11

    2016 · westoq.com

20. 20IW
    I wrote about book about rebasing in Git▲69

    2020 · rebase-book.com

21. 21MF
    My free Ruby book (CC license)▲5

    2022 · github.com

22. 22FZ
    From Zero to the Appstore - My ebook on HTML5 mobile games▲55

    2013 · indiegamr.com

23. 23IC
    I converted my Backbone/Rails app Cloudedit to Parse in 5 minutes▲82

    2012 · jamesyu.org

24. 24ER
    eBook repository for the permaweb▲21

    2019 · github.com

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