From: Markus Jais <mjais@...>
Date: 2002-01-11T00:42:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby books

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:08:09 +0100, Stephan K�mper wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> this might be of interest for the German Rubyists: Seems that Dave &
> Andy's "Programming Ruby" is translated to German and will be published
> end of february:
> 
> http://www.addison-wesley.de/projector/projector.asp?page=bookdetails&isbn=382731965X
> 

do you know, if there will also be a free online version of the german
translation???
I already have the englisch book, but a free german online version would
be a good argument for some friends, in case they want to get started
with ruby and do not want to buy a book as long as they are not sure if
Ruby is rigth for them. sometimes I heard from friends, that they would
prefer german documentation, although I think the english version of the
pickaxe book is very easy to read.

the book is quite expensive, as far as I have seen, it costs 59.95 Euro.
I think the book is worth the price, simply because it is one of the
greatest programming books I have ever read, but it might be too much
for a beginner who is not sure if Ruby will be a language he/she likes.

anyway, it is good to have the book translated, this could convince more
germans that ruby is the coolest language out there.

another german book will also be available in march
check out:

http://www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3-89864-151-1.html

markus
http://www.mjais.de