Best Book for starting

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Ok, hi people, I am new on this forum. Umm, I am and Experienced Java programer. And I know Ruby. But, I have never used Ruby On Rails. I have found few books for rails.. can you tell me which one is the best to start. Once again, I must say, I know ruby language itself..

Here are the books:

1. Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)

Amazon.com

2. Agile Web Development with Rails (Pragmatic Programmers)

http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Development-Rails-Pragmatic-Programmers/dp/1934356549/ref=pd_sim_b_2

3. Learning Rails: Live Edition

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Rails-Simon-St-Laurent/dp/1449383130/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331213995&sr=1-1

ok, which one is the best for absolute begginer in rails?

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I don't know about those books, but if you want to learn online then have a look at railstutorial.org, which is free to use online, or you can pay and download the pdf and get access to other stuff.

If you know about Ruby you likely know about rvm, which is definitely worth using with Rails. In fact I would say that it is obligatory.

Colin

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+1 for railstutorial