From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" Date: 2007-06-06T11:18:45+09:00 Subject: Re: David Black's book _Ruby for Rails Emilio Tagua wrote: > On 6/5/07, finetan@hotmail.com wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Anyone of you have read the book, David Black's book _Ruby for Rails? >> >> I 'd like to know what you think about the book from a professional >> perspective. >> >> Your insight some might find it useful. >> > > I think it's a great book, i would highly recommend it *after* reading > and understanding "Agile Development with Ruby on Rails". > > It gives you an idea of what Rails does at the Ruby level. I wouldn't > recommend it as first book as i said before, maybe as a third > ("Agile..." and a good Ruby book first). It has some great practices > and you will be a better Ruby programmer while doing apps in RoR. > > Cheers > > Well ... I think you *can* learn both Ruby and Rails from _Ruby for Rails_. Now "Agile" and "Pickaxe" are more or less mandatory as *referenced* once you're developing Ruby or Rails code for a living. But if you know nothing about either, I'd recommend starting with _Ruby for Rails_.