thanks guys for all the opinions! I went ahead and ordered the Agile Web Development with Rails (3rd edition) (http://preview.tinyurl.com/n4kpcn)
On Aug 5, 9:38 am, "David A. Black" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi -- > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, byrnejb wrote: > > > On Aug 5, 6:37 am, Eddy Josafat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Agile Web Development with Rails 3rd edition is the best choice, also > >> The Rails Way give you some deep insight. > > >> Programming Ruby and Ruby Cookbook are good choices to learn Ruby > > >> On Aug 4, 5:43 pm, Sood <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> I am a PHP developer and I am interested in learning some RoR. I tend > >>> to learn easier using a book, but there are so many out there it is > >>> hard to pick! Can anyone recommend a good book? I am thinking about > >>> getting "Beginning Ruby: From Notice to Professional" (http:// > >>> preview.tinyurl.com/mj63z9) > > >>> Any suggestions would be helpful > > > My votes would have to be for both of David Black's efforts, "Ruby > > for Rails" and "The Well Groomed Rubist". The latter is claimed by > > the author to be an update of the first, but having rad both several > > times I find only a vague resemblance between them. The first is more > > Rails oriented than the later, by intent, but both are very good > > studies of Ruby using Rails as a representative sample of what Ruby is > > capable of. > > The new one, "The Well-Grounded Rubyist", is just Ruby -- no Rails. > It's kind of an update of "Ruby for Rails"... but the word I've been > using is a "repurposing". It's just Ruby, updated for 1.9.1, lots of > new stuff, all the old stuff reviewed and revised, no Rails. (I want > to emphasize the no Rails thing so that I don't get any disgruntlement > when people buy it and find that there's no Rails :-) > > David > > -- > David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC /http://www.rubypal.com > Q: What's the best way to get a really solid knowledge of Ruby? > A: Come to our Ruby training in Edison, New Jersey, September 14-17! > Instructors: David A. Black and Erik Kastner > More info and registration:http://rubyurl.com/vmzN- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
