From: 7stud 7stud Date: 2007-03-13T15:48:59+09:00 Subject: Re: I need to learn... Rick Denatale wrote: > I might suggest that "Ruby for Rails" might be a good book to start > with. It covers both Ruby and Rails in a spiral fashion, giving you a > little Ruby, then a little Rails, then going back in more depth. > > It doesn't cover Ruby as deeply as the pickaxe, and it doesn't cover > Rails as deeply as AWDWR (and it's based on Rails 1.1 whereas AWDWR > 2nd ed is more up-to-date covering the recently released Rails 1.2), > but as an introduction to both Ruby and Rails as a whole it's probably > not a bad place to start. > I took a look at "Ruby for Rails" in the bookstore, and the preface says you need previous experience with Rails. Do you think the book is appropriate for someone who has no experience with Ruby or with Rails? I also took a look at the new sitepoint book "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications"(copyright 2007): http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Ruby-Rails-Applications/dp/0975841955 which says it's for beginners to Ruby and Rails. It gets good reviews on Amazon. One thing I liked about it: detailed installation instructions. Not such a big deal for windows users because of one click installation packages, but there are detailed installation instructions for Mac OS 10.4, and separate installation instructions for Linux. It's true there are installation instructions for Mac OS 10.4 on the net, but unfortunately I can't even find the /usr/local directory where everything is supposed to be installed. Am I supposed to create that directory? Who knows. I hate installation instructions like that; you feel lost before you can even start. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.