>> ... we'll be giving away more awesome books! >> - The Ruby Way >> - Ajax for Rails >> - The Rails Cookbook
Have to miss this month's meeting, I'm out of town this week, but would like to put in a plug for Hal Fulton's "The Ruby Way". I'm still only partway through my copy of the 2nd edition, but I like it quite a lot. I think it fills a nice niche in a Ruby technical library: something of a cookbook style, but with a lot more substance - some very good discussions of idioms, style and techniques, and underlying reasons for why to do things certain ways. I generally suggest Programming Ruby (the essential "pickaxe" book) and David Black's Ruby for Rails for initially learning Ruby; Fulton's book would be the one I'd suggest as a followon, after you know the basics and want to become a more effective Ruby programmer that comes from a deeper understanding of the language and how to use it effectively. ~ Deb _______________________________________________ Sdruby mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sdruby.com/mailman/listinfo/sdruby
