+1 on "Head First Design Patterns" book, it's awesome On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Robert Gravina <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 17 May 2010 09:59, Mikel Lindsaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 17/05/2010, at 10:51 AM, Korny Sietsma wrote: > > > > There is also a book specifically about design patterns in Ruby; I > haven't > > read it myself, but it looks OK: > > http://designpatternsinruby.com/ > > > > I own a copy of design patterns in ruby, it is a very good read. > > Mikel > > > > It's not bad, but I think the refactoring book is a much better read. > I found the DP book a little too basic and pretty short, but the > Refactoring book had more meat that you can grow into as you get > better with Ruby. But if you're a complete beginner you might > appreciate the Ruby intro chapter in the DP book, but I think it's a > waste of space to include an intro to Ruby chapter in a book about > design patterns. > > I posted the same thing in more detail a little while ago here: > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania/msg/24088fb6dcc6cf8a > > That thread might also be of interest. > > Robert > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dave Newman | @whatupdave | http://snappyco.de -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en.
