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As a non-coder, I'd like to have read a bit about the planning vs code learning bit. For instance, the author states that "...I built the first version of Hngry while working through the first edition of that book."

The book presumably dealt with Ruby, the libraries, the agile process, but how did the author translate the interactions he had in his head into objects/procedures/whatever in the code?

Abstractionacademy anyone?

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Actually, AWDWR contained a complete tutorial for building a Rails app. I basically had an idea, popped open the book and instead of building the app in the book, used the concepts/instructions to build Hngry instead. For instance, I read about how to create new database models, and instead of making the ones the book wanted, I made restaurant/user/menu item models instead.

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