Hi -- On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, DyingToLearn wrote:
> > packat wrote: >> If you are to buy a Ruby on Rails book >> right now, which book would you choose? > > Ruby for Rails by David A. Black. It is a bit old, but still extremely > relevant. I found the Ruby parts to be amazingly helpful. This book > (in combination with The Rails Way) was one of the greatest > contributors to my transation from being a beginner in Rails to a Ruby > programmer.\ > > HTH > Paul > > P.S. David, if you are reading, is a new version planned? Yes, a very new and changed version indeed. The new version is called "The Well-Grounded Rubyist", and it will be coming out early (first quarter, I hope) 2009. It's a "just Ruby" book, with coverage of Ruby 1.9.1. It's got a lot of topics that weren't in R4R, and the parts that have their roots in R4R have gotten a thorough revision. And it's still written with Rails developers at heart, even though it's not specifically "for Rails" :-) Lots of people told me they thought it would be cool to take it in this direction for the second version, and I agreed. So I hope it will be of value to the generation of Rubyists that came of age with Rails, whether they're Rails- exclusive or not. David -- Rails training from David A. Black and Ruby Power and Light: INTRO TO RAILS (Jan 12-15), Fort Lauderdale, FL See http://www.rubypal.com for details Coming in 2009: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
