From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-10-09T10:02:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and RoR book recommendations


On Oct 8, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Michael Schidlowsky wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> What books would you recommend for a course on Ruby and Ruby on Rails?
>  I am currently evaluating books for a course I'm teaching next
> semester and am trying to get a good sample before I make any
> decisions.  I'd be happy to have separate books for Ruby and RoR.
>
> Also, are there any books that you think are terrible and that we
> should stay away from?
>
> Of course reasonable people will disagree, but I'm just looking for
> pointers to texts I might have overlooked, particularly advanced ones.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
You can't go wrong with Beginning Ruby, and then it leads you to a  
brief Rails chapter the Sitepoing publishing book on Rails.
Both make good texts, but you'll need to create your own assignments.  
though, this should be easy to do with both books.