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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Suggestions for a book
From:       "David A. Black" <dblack () wobblini ! net>
Date:       2007-03-13 13:26:35
Message-ID: 4ff4c3010703130626t61e8b5d2r8456618bbf01d5f3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi --

On 3/13/07, 7stud 7stud <dolgun@excite.com> wrote:
> unknown wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> > I would to join into ruby on rails/ruby community so I need of a book. A
> > complete big bible and not and intro or advanced-only book.
> > I have found these titles:
> >
> > - Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications
> >   (seems to be the best with the newest version of the framework but I
>
> I looked at that one in the bookstore yesterday.  The preface said is
> was for beginners to Ruby and Rails.
>
> > - Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers
> >
>
> I looked at that one too, and in the preface it said you should have
> some exposure to Rails already.

Mainly you just have to have a sense of the client/server nature of
Web communication, and the fact that Rails's place in the food chain
is as a tool for helping you build server-side applications.  And,
come to think of it, if you don't know that, you shortly will :-)  But
I wanted to suggest that having some sense of what the pieces of the
puzzle are, even if you don't know them in detail, can be helpful.

The book doesn't assume that you've already written Rails apps, though
a lot of its readers have. In that sense it's both an intro book and a
backing-and-filling book for Ruby knowledge.


David

-- 
Q. What is THE Ruby book for Rails developers?
A. RUBY FOR RAILS by David A. Black (http://www.manning.com/black)
   (See what readers are saying!  http://www.rubypal.com/r4rrevs.pdf)
Q. Where can I get Ruby/Rails on-site training, consulting, coaching?
A. Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)

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