Hadn''t seen it before - http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321474074&rl=1 Rubyisms in Rails , published back in July in PDF . Stuart -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Seems like a nice read: http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2006/10/book-review-rubyisms-in-rails.html http://ruby.about.com/od/suggestedreading/gr/rubyisms_rails.htm I''m considering to buy it... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Monday 30 October 2006 09:48, Dark Ambient wrote:> http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321474074&rl=1 > > Rubyisms in Rails , published back in July in PDF .Coming from Python with no prior knowledge in neither Ruby nor Rails this book was a life saver to me. It is not all that much about Rails though, but about Ruby especially in aqll aspects that mater in Rails I think the optimal audience are people like me - experience i other OO languages, but new to Ruby and Rails, and wishing to understand what''s going on under the hood Horst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I just finished reading this book. This book has the best explanation on symbols. It does a good job of explaining duck typing, blocks and metaprogramming. The topics under metaprogramming are very easy understand, they are reflection, message sending and method missing. I found it easier to understand because it shows snippets of Java code to show how the problem can be solved and then gives the Ruby equivalent. It does not explain very well or go deeper on the DSL topic. This could have doubled the size of the book easily. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Sounds like it''s a definite buy. Stuart On 10/31/06, Bala Paranj <bcparanj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > I just finished reading this book. This book has the best explanation > on symbols. It does a good job of explaining duck typing, blocks and > metaprogramming. The topics under metaprogramming are very easy > understand, they are reflection, message sending and method missing. > > I found it easier to understand because it shows snippets of Java code > to show how the problem can be solved and then gives the Ruby > equivalent. > > It does not explain very well or go deeper on the DSL topic. This > could have doubled the size of the book easily. > > > >-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---