On Sep 5, 2:38 am, jknowlage <[email protected]> wrote: > To sum it all up, I would like to get some opinions of those who know > more about this: > Is it important to learn about previous versions, or should I just > find the latest, greatest book on the market? > Where do most people (new to the scene) learn what they need to get > started? > Should I trash those old books, or could they be worthy reference? > Should I even continue reading them? > Did RoR really change that much in two years (since these books were > printed)? >
Rails has been changing pretty rapidly, certainly. Back in 2006 it was at version 1.1 or thereabouts and we're now at 2.3, well on the way to 3.0 (and 3.0 will introduce some big changes). A lot of books have found keeping up pretty tough. The 3rd edition of agile web development with rails is pretty good and covers rails 2.2, with online errata covering the differences between 2.2 and 2.3 (which aren't that big). Also worth reading are the guides on guides.rubyonrails.org. Ruby itself has been through some interesting changes, with a stable version of ruby 1.9 finally emerging this year. Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
