Re:Can you recommend some good RoR books?
by petercooper on Sunday August 23, 2009 @07:15PM
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A book with an ocean wave doesn't ring any bells. One edition of AWDwR has a hammock and an ocean, but I don't think that's what you mean.
The Well Grounded Rubyist is okay but yeah, you'd definitely need good OO experience first because it doesn't go into OO basics whatsoever. It does cover the dynamic features of Ruby quite well though.
I also forgot to mention the Sitepoint book - Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications. An excellent hobbyist book. I suspect pro developers might find some issues with it though (without cracking it open again I can't elaborate on this but I did hear some comments, despite liking it myself).
Re:Can you recommend some good RoR books?
by dragonquest on Monday August 24, 2009 @09:05AM
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That would be: Ruby on Rails Power!: The Comprehensive Guide by Aneesha Bakharia. Its currently rated 2/5 on Amazon.
For my 2 cents, I'd second both of Peter's suggestions - Foundation Rails 2 and Simply Rails 2 - though I do tend to like the former a little more. The latter is better if you have absolutely no prior web dev or programming experience.
- Well-Grounded Rubyist by David A. Black (infinite number stars!)
- the 2 Wrox books, Professional Rails (Rappin), Art of (Benson)
- Advanced rails (Oreilly, Ediger);
The one i'd stear clear of, i don't remember who wrote it, but it has a picture of an ocean wave on the cover.