From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-01-31T20:05:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Recommendable ruby books?


"Tom Rathbone" <tom.rathbone@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:777da17405013102544c4b741c@mail.gmail.com...
> Hi All,
>
> Thinking of buy some literature to accelerate my learning Ruby.  What
> would people recommend?
>
> The two I am looking at presently are the frequently mentioned
> Pragmatic Programmer's Guide (a.k.a the pickaxe book) and The Ruby Way
> which Matz seems to appreciate judging from the Foreword.

I can definitely recommend the pickaxe 2nd edition (quite recent) for all
the basic stuff.  It's also a good reference.

> Are both books up to date?  Does anyone recommend any others?  I'm
> especially interested in Rails and any book that could give a greater
> insight into the framework and the implementation and techniques would
> be great.

Kind regards

    robert