From: Thomas Worm <usenet@...4r.de>
Date: 2007-09-06T03:55:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Learn First?

On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:02:50 +0900, BScott wrote:

> Hello, all
> 
> I'm new to Ruby and I purchased both Agile books for learning Ruby &
> Rails. I don't know If I should learn Ruby first or dive into Rails?

It depends.

"Agile Web Development with Ruby on Rails" contains a very nice tutorial 
at the beginning. If you only have a few problems understanding the code 
there, and you know the basic concepts of classes and objects etc. from 
other languages, feel free to start with rails.

But since Ruby and its concepts are somehow different, you should have 
the pickaxe-book on your desk too, to read one or another chapter, when 
needed. You will need this book anyway, so buy it.

If you are new to programming at all or to object oriented programming, 
you will not really understand, what "Agile Web Development with Ruby on 
Rails" is about. Try to learn Ruby first.

Thomas