[Rails] [ANN] "Ruby for Rails" now available in PDF!

Ashley Moran
Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:04:32 -0000

On Apr 16, 2006, at 10:18 pm, Ken Kousen wrote:

> I agree with this completely.  As much as I like the pickaxe, I
> have to
> admit that I learned more about Ruby from the first half-dozen
> chapters of
> R4R than from any other source.


Ken,

I''m pushing Rails where I work, as at least something we should
seriously look into before switching to Java.  I''ve read the pickaxe
cover-to-cover and back again (before I even knew about Rails), and
consider myself pretty clued up language-wise.  But the developers I
work with are all Java/C# types.  Do you think buying a copy of this
would be the best way to get them up to speed if we go Rails?  I want
to keep my role as language tech support to a minimum, as the fact
using Rails was my suggestion means *I''ll* be responsible for *them*
learning to use the framework effectively!


> If you already know an OO language, you''ll have to filter out all
the
> beginning OO stuff.  Once you get beyond that, it''s amazing.
>
> I also can''t believe how many traps there are in Ruby for Java
> developers.
> I''m so glad I''m reading this (I''m not done yet)
before trying to
> finish the
> RoR projects I''ve started.

I was showing my boss some little tricks in irb the other day (the
"try this in Java" type) and he asked me if there were any gotchas.
At the time I couldn''t think of any (but then I''m not a
developer
myself so I haven''t used it for serious work).  What do you think are
the worst?  Might be nice to forewarn everyone - they can be a right
bunch of skeptics where I work :)

Ashley