Rails - Jul 2008 - Book Recommendation for Somewhat Experienced Rails Programmer

Hi all,

I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I''ve relied on
"Agile Web Development with Rails" and "Rails Recipes". 
I''ve noticed
there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and many
seem to cover similar topics.  Can anyone shed some light on how they
stack up?  Any particular recommendations?

Thanks!

Bob
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The Rails Way is probably the place to go next.

Ruby for Rails is a nice book to help you build your Ruby skills though it
may be a little outdated.... it''s still an awesome book.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, bob
<papersmith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I''ve relied on
> "Agile Web Development with Rails" and "Rails Recipes".
I''ve noticed
> there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and many
> seem to cover similar topics.  Can anyone shed some light on how they
> stack up?  Any particular recommendations?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob
> >
>
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On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, bob
<papersmith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I''ve relied on
> "Agile Web Development with Rails" and "Rails Recipes".
I''ve noticed
> there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and many
> seem to cover similar topics.  Can anyone shed some light on how they
> stack up?  Any particular recommendations?
Get "The Rails Way".

Only one word comes to mind after having read this book, "coverage".


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http://destiney.com/

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> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, bob
<papersmith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I''ve relied
on
> > "Agile Web Development with Rails" and "Rails
Recipes".  I''ve
noticed 
> > there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and
many 
> > seem to cover similar topics.  Can anyone shed some light on how
they 
> > stack up?  Any particular recommendations?
> 
> Get "The Rails Way".
> 
> Only one word comes to mind after having read this book,
"coverage".
For me it was "hernia". ;-)

But it is worth the weight.

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Pardee, Roy
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> For me it was "hernia". ;-)
>
> But it is worth the weight.
Try and think of it as "web developer" exercise, a book that is both
for the mind and the body  :)


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Thanks for all the input.  I''ll give it a shot.
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I also bought The Rails Way a few weeks ago and find it a great
complement to AWDR. The only deficiency I''ve found is that the index
is pretty sparse. But I''ve found it to be the kind of book where
you''re more likely to find what you need from the ToC.

On Jul 18, 5:46 pm, bob
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> Thanks for all the input.  I''ll give it a shot.
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Hmm, I guess that wouldn''t be too big of a problem.  Thanks for the
info

On Jul 18, 7:14 pm, MarkMT <mark.thom...-EkmVulN54Sk@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I also bought The Rails Way a few weeks ago and find it a great
> complement to AWDR. The only deficiency I''ve found is that the
index
> is pretty sparse. But I''ve found it to be the kind of book where
> you''re more likely to find what you need from the ToC.
>
> On Jul 18, 5:46 pm, bob
<papersm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all the input.  I''ll give it a shot.
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