IMHO two of the* best written* books for new Rubyists is David Blacks "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" The Well-Grounded Rubyist <http://www.amazon.com/Well-Grounded-Rubyist-David-Black/dp/1933988657/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273019158&sr=8-1>and Peter Cooper's *Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional*<http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ruby-Novice-Professional-ebook/dp/B0017UEQU2/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1273018995&sr=1-1> .
If you like to learn "The Big Picture" - they get it. - Owen On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Savoy <[email protected]> wrote: > Went to B&N and looked at a few books, including "Beginning Ruby", but > decided to take home the O'Reilly book "The Ruby Programming > Language" ... seemed to be more in line with what I was looking for, > and if it's as good as the other handful of O'Reilly books that I own > on various other programming languages then it will be very handy .... > > On May 4, 1:35 pm, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 on _why's book. Very well done. > > > > You might also want to check out Railscasts; while Hobo extracts a lot > > of the stuff covered, it's useful to get immersed in the jargon and to > > know what's happening behind the Hobo chrome. > > > > AWDwR (the latest edition) is also useful. For giggles, try > > re-implementing the Depot example from that book in Hobo. > > > > --Matt Jones > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hobo Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hobo Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > -- Thanks, - Owen Owen Dall, Chief Systems Architect Barquin International Cell: 410-991-0811 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
