Hey Brian, if you take another look at the AWDwRv2, it provides the answer for you on page 484 of the PDF. You may also see usage on page 162 as well. Next, are you attempting to edit the password field? I believe this is the case. Then you'll need to do the following:
:value => ""
Note: The option that you use for the password_field would be very similar to the options that you would use within HTML.
Good luck,
-Conrad
Hey Brian, it's OK to experiment.
-Conrad
Your not alone Bryan.
At the moment we are all learning by experimentation and trial, which is not really good enough.
The Rails framework is fantasic, the community is good and there are plenty of gurus sharing their Ruby-foo, but the core documentation is lacking; hence the Caboo.e effort (Parked at Loopia).
The real problem IMHO is a combination of rdoc and the actual documentation. While rdocs format works, the navigation is cumbersome and it lacks some of the other commands needed for rails development (such as rake or generate). Personally, I need more examples to grasp the options for many of the functions.
The best next step seems to be Ruby for Rails and/or something like Rails Recipes or Ruby/Rails Cookbook. I found these resources to be excellent ways to deepen my understanding of Ruby and Rails while also picking up some interesting, time saving tricks.
--Jeremy
Reading “Ruby For Rails” will help you understand why some of the things in Rails work the way they do. It’s a very worthwhile read.