All good recommendations, but I would like to toss in Simply Rails 2 as well as a good place to start. So far, I've been working through the book using Rails 2.1.1 and have not had any problems so far.
On Sep 18, 10:00 pm, "Conrad Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:39 PM, jjburka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would recommend 'The Rails Way' by Obie Fernandez I found that much > > more helpful than the Agile Web Dev book > > > On Sep 18, 5:07 pm, Robert Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > The "Beta Book" for Third Edition is suppose to be keep up with the > > > latest Rails version, which will likely be at least version 2.2 by the > > > end of the beta cycle. > > > > If you use the Second edition it is recommend to use the version of > > > Rails used in the book, or the tutorial code will have problems and > > > you'll have to deal with that instead of actually learning Rails. > > > > Guillermo Acilu wrote: > > > > Hello guys, > > > > > I am starting with Rails and I have bought the book "Agile Web > > > > Development with Rails Second". The book is very good but I've found > > > > out already that there are some differences between rails 1.2 and the > > > > current 2.1. > > > > > Is it the old edition good enough to learn rails? or should I try to > > > > buy a book based on rails 2.1? > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > GA > > Hi, I would recommend Agile Web Development with Rails 3rd Edition as a > starting > point. You should at least complete the construction of the demo > application. Then > I would take a look at the following books: > > "The Rails Way" by Obie Fernandez - an excellent reference on Rails 2.0 but > I'm looking forward to an update covering Rails 2.2 > "Advanced Rails Recipes" by Mike Clark and the Rails community - an > excellent cookbook (i.e. problem/solution format) > > Lastly, you have the people here to assist you along the way. > > Good luck, > > -Conrad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
