From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2007-06-07T01:34:31+09:00
Subject: Re: David Black's book _Ruby for Rails

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:18:45AM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Emilio Tagua wrote:
> >On 6/5/07, finetan@hotmail.com <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_.
Seconded. I'd recommend Ruby for Rails even if you aren't necessarily
doing Rails. It's the best intro to ruby the language I've ever read.