Hey guys, I want to learn Ruby on Rails. I have quite a bit of Ruby experience, I''ve been programming in it full time for the past few months. I''ve been looking for a book that would give me a good overview of Rails, but that doesn''t go into Ruby specifics. Something short that will get me up to speed and leaves out everything that I can look up in case I have any trouble. Suggestions? Most of the books that I have looked at so far cover Ruby, which is not what I want. Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Jeffrey L. Taylor
2011-Oct-08 19:56 UTC
Re: Looking for a Rails book for a Ruby programmer
Quoting Mateusz W. <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>:> Hey guys, > > I want to learn Ruby on Rails. I have quite a bit of Ruby experience, > I''ve been programming in it full time for the past few months. I''ve been > looking for a book that would give me a good overview of Rails, but that > doesn''t go into Ruby specifics. Something short that will get me up to > speed and leaves out everything that I can look up in case I have any > trouble. > > Suggestions? Most of the books that I have looked at so far cover Ruby, > which is not what I want. >Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial by Michael Hartl and skip Chapter 4 "Rails-Flavored Ruby". This book is a good starting book and may be enough depending on what you want. Also the newest edition of "Agile Web Development with Rails". If you need to get into heavy duty Rails, add "The Rails 3 Way". These last two reccomendations are based on my reading earlier editions. "The Rails Way" had no Ruby sections. AWDR 1st edition had an appendix on Ruby. HTH, Jeffrey -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
If you are interested in TDD/BDD with Rails, you may want to read "RSpec Book by David Chelimsky". http://pragprog.com/book/achbd/the-rspec-book Many rails projects employ TDD and BDD. Therefore, learning TDD/BDD is important for Rails developers. On Oct 9, 4:56 am, "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <r...-f/t7CGFWhwGcvWdFBKKxig@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Quoting Mateusz W. <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>: > > > Hey guys, > > > I want to learn Ruby on Rails. I have quite a bit of Ruby experience, > > I''ve been programming in it full time for the past few months. I''ve been > > looking for a book that would give me a good overview of Rails, but that > > doesn''t go into Ruby specifics. Something short that will get me up to > > speed and leaves out everything that I can look up in case I have any > > trouble. > > > Suggestions? Most of the books that I have looked at so far cover Ruby, > > which is not what I want. > > Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial by Michael Hartl and skip Chapter 4 "Rails-Flavored > Ruby". This book is a good starting book and may be enough depending on what > you want. Also the newest edition of "Agile Web Development with Rails". If > you need to get into heavy duty Rails, add "The Rails 3 Way". These last two > reccomendations are based on my reading earlier editions. "The Rails Way" had > no Ruby sections. AWDR 1st edition had an appendix on Ruby. > > HTH, > Jeffrey-- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.