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#51478: This issue happens only with Kindle format of the book. When code listing is too wide, right part of it is cropped. Example is at location 5...more...
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08-May-13
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#51484: Kindle version, location 5442 (of 13882):
"We added a bit of CoffeScript in order to..."

Should be "CoffeeScript" instead.--Denis Malinovsky

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09-May-13
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#51538: In paragraph one, line number 4, "That command added seven files" -- I think the "seven" should be several.--Karey Powell

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18-May-13
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#51461: The first example with time: It is now <%= @time %> displays local time (I´m in Germany) The second one: Time in one hour: <%= 1.hour.f...more...
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06-May-13
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#51520: Text mentions "rails test models", but example shows "rake test:models" (see bottom of page)--Pavel Repin

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15-May-13
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#51539: In building the store catalog page, I saw that after I had typed in the HTML/SCSS as described on pages 93-95, the catalog page did not format...more...
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18-May-13
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#51546: In the first paragraph on line 3, "...trivial template (we’ll tart it up in a minute):...", "tart" should "start" -- Karey Powell--Karey Powell

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19-May-13
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#51547: In the first paragraph on line 3, "...trivial template (we’ll tart it up in a minute):...", "tart" should "start"--Karey Powell

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19-May-13
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#51514: Beneath Figure 16, possibly reword: "This reveals way too much information about our application. It also seems fairly unprofessional." The...more...
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14-May-13
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#51453: Iteration E3: Finishing the Cart • 131, or 148 of 451 on the PDF: It says ".total_line .total_cell" instead of ".total_line, .total_cell" (...more...
Sam Ruby says: .total_line .total_cell (separated by spaces) means to select any element with a class of total_cell that is enclosed by an element with a class of total_line. 		B2.0
06-May-13
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#51488: in the 6th paragraph starting with "From the output..." there is a command mentioned that reads " load 'deploy assets' ". I think, this sho...more...
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10-May-13
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#51489: On the second last line there is the URL for the repo access, which is constructed out of various variables that have been set before. I was c...more...
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10-May-13
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#51490: Shouldn't the 4th command on the page create a RSA key instead of a DSA key? There is " test -e ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub || ssh-keygen -t dsa " I...more...
Sam Ruby says: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/which-is-better-rsa-or-dsa-public-key-12593/ 		B2.0
10-May-13
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#51560: Having the `DO NOT DO THIS` comment on one page and the rest of the code block on the next page (across a page turn no less) is probably ineffective.--Dan Kee

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22-May-13
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#51486: It says:
"A place for Static Web Pages
Thepublic directory..."

There should be an space between "the" and "public". --Guillermo Guerini

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09-May-13
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#51521: The method Hash#diff is no longer used inside of Rails 4, and is being deprecated with no replacement.--Guillermo Guerini

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15-May-13
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#51491: Location 5906 of 13882 on the kindle version. There is a sentence that gets cut off before completion: "We start by creating a new Order objec...more...
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10-May-13