I have experience in PHP/MySQL, but absolutely no experience at all in Ruby (and Rails) and would love to get a few quality books aimed at absolutley newbies. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jim -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> I have experience in PHP/MySQL, but absolutely no experience at all in > Ruby (and Rails) and would love to get a few quality books aimed at > absolutley newbies. Any suggestions?http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ http://www.rubycentral.com/book/preface.html You also may want to check your area to see if there is a Users Group. Still trying to figure this all out myself. :o) Good luck! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html Programming Ruby is a good general Ruby book as well. On Dec 26, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Vince W wrote:>> I have experience in PHP/MySQL, but absolutely no experience at >> all in >> Ruby (and Rails) and would love to get a few quality books aimed at >> absolutley newbies. Any suggestions? > > http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html > > http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ > > http://www.rubycentral.com/book/preface.html > > > You also may want to check your area to see if there is a Users Group. > Still trying to figure this all out myself. :o) > > Good luck! > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
You may also want to give this beginner''s tutorial a try, it has a 40 page or so PDF tutorial with code examples. I''m finding it quite helpful : location: rails.homelinux.org Tutorial: http://www.rails4days.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Rails4Days.pdf code examples here: http://www.rails4days.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/todo_app.zip HTH, Amr -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Little Book on Ruby is a good for beginners : You can get the free version from here http://pspxworld.com/repo/content/155.php other RUBY Books: http://pspxworld.com/BOOK/PROGRAMMING/RUBY.php -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---