From: Brock Weaver Date: 2005-09-20T05:31:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Considering learning Ruby on Rails ------=_Part_4096_14852645.1127161860484 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I'm sorry, it's not the same book -- this is a pdf of the Ruby book. But I= =20 believe they're written by the same cool cats. It's good to have a strong= =20 understanding of Ruby (and idiomatic Ruby code) before moving on to Rails= =20 itself. It'll help answer a lot of those "wow, weird syntax" questions.=20 Sorry for the noise... On 9/19/05, Brock Weaver wrote: >=20 > You can get an older version of that book online for free @=20 > http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ >=20 > Although Ruby is an extremely powerful language, I think Rails is just as= =20 > powerful of a framework. That link above is only for the Ruby language=20 > itself, not Rails. >=20 > On 9/19/05, Ben Myles wrote: > >=20 > > I could tell you how great I think Ruby and Rails both are, and the > > benefits I've experienced. But, honestly, it's something you just need > > to try for yourself. > >=20 > > Buy the book 'Agile Web Development with Rails' ( www.pragprog.com)=20 > > and > > work your way through it. You'll never look back. > >=20 > > Ben > >=20 > > On 9/20/05, dspohn wrote: > > [...] > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Brock Weaver > brockweaver@gmail.com >=20 > /* you are not expected to understand this */=20 --=20 Brock Weaver brockweaver@gmail.com /* you are not expected to understand this */ ------=_Part_4096_14852645.1127161860484--