From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2009-05-13T14:35:07+09:00
Subject: Re: "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" now out in paperback

On May 12, 10:23 am, "David A. Black" <dbl...@rubypal.com> wrote:
> RichardOnRails wrote:
> > On May 12, 7:42 am, "David A. Black"<dbl...@rubypal.com>  wrote:
> >> Hello all --
>
> >> I'm delighted to announce that my new book "The Well-Grounded Rubyist"
> >> is now available in paperback (and still in PDF, of course). It's
> >> published by Manning, and it's in stock at the publisher[1] and Amazon[2].
>
> >> TWGR is a reworking, "repurposing" of my 2006 book "Ruby for Rails".
> >> It's not "for Rails" this time; it's Ruby, specifically Ruby 1.9. It's
> >> got lots of new topics, and expansion and updating of everything.
>
> >> Enjoy! And let me know how you like it.
>
> >> David
>
> >> P.S. The cover was redesigned along the way which is why the covers at
> >> Manning and Amazon are different at the moment. Same book though :-)
>
> >> [1]http://manning.com/black2
> >> [2]http://tinyurl.com/twgramz
>
> >> --
> >> David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC
> >> Ruby/Rails consulting&  training:http://www.rubypal.com
> >> Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2)
> >> "Ruby 1.9: What You Need To Know" Envycasts with David A. Blackhttp://www.envycasts.com
>
> > Hi Dave,
>
> > I'm looking forward to getting TWGR from Amazon.  I very much
> > appreciated your RfR and your numerous contributions to the Ruby and
> > Rails newsgroups.
>
> Thanks! I've been a bit less active on the lists lately... though
> hopefully for reasonable reasons.
>
> > I've only used 1.9 when I wanted to use both forward- and backward-
> > lookahead.  Otherwise it seemed unready for prime time.  Do you thing
> > the current release is ready for production projects?
>
> Yes, though conceivably not for every project. There are definitely
> still some gem issues, for example. But the forward momentum has picked
> up a lot lately, and my feeling is that though it's been a while in the
> happening, it's all coming together right about now.
>
> Some really worthwhile Ruby 1.9 migration/penetration resources include:
>
> http://www.ruby19orbust.comhttp://isitruby19.com/
>
> David
>
> --
> David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC
> Ruby/Rails consulting & training:http://www.rubypal.com
> Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2)
> "Ruby 1.9: What You Need To Know" Envycasts with David A. Blackhttp://www.envycasts.com

Thanks, David