Ask HN: Which Ruby on Rails Book?

6 pointsby milestinsleyover 15 years ago

Obviously there are great online resources, but I'd like to crack the spine and smell the pages of an actual book.-I'm new to Ruby, but a fast learner.-I've had enough of PHP.-I understand object orientated coding and MVC design principles.-I want something that gets me up to speed on the idiosyncrasies of Ruby and the Rails framework.Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)Edit: Formatting

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terrellmover 15 years ago

Last Fall I bought Agile Web Development with Rails (<a href="http://pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition" rel="nofollow">http://pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with...</a>) and found it to be very helpful in transitioning from .Net to Rails. Based on how you describe your experience, you would do fine with this book.There are a few more basic books, however, I didn't want to read 500 pages just to learn how to build a blog.I also recommend watching some of the Peep Code videos as they go more into depth on specific topics.

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awaover 15 years ago

<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55574/learning-ruby-on-rails" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55574/learning-ruby-on-ra...</a><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/83784/rails-books" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/83784/rails-books</a>

scorchinover 15 years ago

In all honesty, read through _why's (poignant) guide to ruby first to understand the basics of Ruby and read some cool comics along the way.Once you're happy you've got a good footing in Ruby (will only take an afternoon+evening to read and try the examples) you can go for one of the many "Rails" books that are likely to be recommended here.<a href="http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/" rel="nofollow">http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/</a>Crunchy Bacon!