This is an update to my earlier post about Rails Screencasts .

British Rails developer Eifion Bedford is putting together a collection of Ryan Bates’ free Railscasts series in a text form. This means he is painstakingly transcribing Ryan’s words, putting together screenshots that you can learn from, and code examples that you can copy and paste. This is a great way to consume the material, especially if English is not your first language. The ASCII Casts, as he is calling them, are a great addition to the growing volume of free learning material for Ruby and Rails. I recommend the security series and the performance tips. Thanks to Eifon and his efforts to illuminate the wild world of web development!