Ruby On Rails - Up and Running

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Hi everybody!

  What do you think about this book?   Do you recommend me to buy it to start in Ruby On Rails programming?   Do you recommend it for Reference Guide?

  I've a serious problem with on line references... I can't focous my attention on my computer screen to read anything. 'Cause this, I've bought "PHP 4 - The Bible".

  Thanks in advice

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hi

I am new to Ruby, i have the same issue as you are having. I have gone through multiple sites, books. but i liked Agile web development with Ruby the most.

it is a great book to start with.

let me know if you need any other information

Thanks

Ajit

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Hi Davi,

I have quite a few books and this one is the one I use least - I thought it was rushed out and I found it of little value to me.

cheers, Dave Porter

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Hi,

Starting with this book worked very well with how I like to learn a new technology. I used it as the 3 days introduction to rails that take me on a tour of the different basic parts of the framework, then I picked up a copy of "Agile Web Development with Rails" which handled each subject with depth and was structured more like a reference than a tutorial.

That is my style though, whether a book is good for you or not highly depends on what you are trying to get out of it.

Khaled

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I agree with several of the comments here. Its a nice intro but its also slim on content and rushes through stuff pretty fast. Think of it as a very complete online article. So if you don't mind paying $ for that (I don't) then its worth it.

The other book I have is Ruby for Rails (David Black). Its pretty good but I found it did not address some of the simplest questions that I had. Strangely enough Up and Running often had what I needed. The best part of the Ruby for Rails book is the Ruby coverage. Rails for Java Developers just arrived at my house today. I've only read the first chapter but it looks very promising so far.

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See here http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_frm/thread/c70215963b15fa6d/#

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Thank you very much for the replys.   I forgot to search on the archives. Sorry.

  Probably I'll buy both "Ruby On Rails - Up and Running" and "Agile Web Development With Rails".

  Thanks to all.

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Davi,

David Orriss Jr wrote:

Davo wrote:


Hi Davi,
I have quite a few books and this one is the one I use least - I
thought it was rushed out and I found it of little value to me.
cheers, Dave Porter


I dunno if I'd be *that* harsh... It's an *ok* book but it's more of a "Nutshell" approach in it's presentation.
Davi, look into the "Agile Web Development with Rails" book from the Pragmatic Bookshelf. It's far more comprehensive, IMHO.
DavidO

You may look at my books section : and the posts tagged as Books. Agile Web Development with Rails Second Edition is probably best, and also uptodate with Rails 1.2. Beginning Series from Apress (Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Ruby on Rails E-commerce) are very friendly to beginners. Never buy an old book on Rails. For some (obvious?) reasons books got obsoleted by Rails and other plugins pretty fast. Make sure you use the Rails version and plugins matching the ones from the book while learning. While actually developing though, the resources on the net is the best way to update yourself. Plugins come and go, some got unmaintained etc. The landscape is changing pretty constantly. Google Reader, along with sites such as PlanetRubyOnRails.org|.com (and of course, as a shameless plug, RubyInside.com) are your best friends :slight_smile: