2 Questions about RoR

Re:2 Questions about RoR by carpal on Monday January 21, 2008 @10:53AM (#101594)

1) I've never gotten much utility out of Rails books. I've generally gotten much more use out of the API docs and blogs. That said, the Agile Web Development with Rails book is pretty much standard, and Rails Recipes is good for code examples. However, if you're doing something in Rails Recipes, there's probably a plugin for it by now.

2) Because it is very easy to implement an idea in a day and see if it sticks. More than that, when you're faced with a task that might not have much reward, it is easier to do if it doesn't feel like work. Programming in PHP/Java/C#/etc generally feels like work. Programming in Ruby generally feels like fun.

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Re:2 Questions about RoR by wallflower on Monday January 21, 2008 @11:09AM (#101600)

"Programming in Ruby generally feels like fun" Thank you. That does it. I am going to buy a laptop (probably the Asus EEE, not the MacBook Air) and start learning Ruby on Rails code during my 53 minute train ride. I bought "The Rails Way" because Zed recommended it at the end of his rant, and it's pretty Greek to me. I'll start with beginningrails.com and the Pick-Axe book (Zed's criticism about it, aside)

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