[ngauthier]

We included a few intro chapters so that people would be able to fully comprehend our examples. Think of them as pre-requisites.

Keep in mind Rails Recipes was written by the incomparable Chad Fowler and probably had five figures worth of editing over a much longer period of time.

Our focus from the start was to provide incredibly helpful and relevant code. If we had gone through pragprog the release would have been a few months later with less rough edges.

xoxo ngauthier