From: Boby Selamet Hartono Date: 2009-05-21T07:45:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8 vs. Ruby 1.9 --00163630f1d7c7dad2046a5fc693 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 2009/5/21 Joshua Collins > What about 'Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide' ? > > I know they have a 1.8 version of the book as well, but does the 1.9 > version > of the book go over 1.8 and 1.9 both? > > I also saw a book promoted here on the list called, 'The Well-Grounded > Rubyist'. It mainly covers 1.9 as well. > > Have any of you read these two as well? > > I will take a look at that O'Reilly's book ... I have not seen that one > yet. > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Michael J. I. Jackson < > mjijackson@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > If you're looking for a good book that covers both 1.8 and 1.9, I > > highly recommend O'Reilly's "The Ruby Programming Language". It's the > > most comprehensive and concise reference that I've found, and it > > bridges the gap between 1.8 and 1.9 nicely, explaining the differences > > between the two as you go. > > > > Michael > > > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Joshua Collins > wrote: > > > I was wondering the exact same thing! > > > > > > Before I knew 1.9 was coming out I got a 1.8 book, and I have gone > > through > > > it. However, I am wondering if I should get a 1.9 book now and learn > it. > > > > > > I have not started any major projects using Ruby just yet, and am > curious > > if > > > I should practice with 1.8 some before I learn 1.9 or just jump into > 1.9 > > and > > > start using it for projects? > > > > > > My only concern is the lack of Gem support 1.9 might have right now. Is > > it > > > something a new comer should worry with? Or, should I just forget the > > lack > > > of Gem support and know that Gem's will eventually update to 1.9 and > new > > > Gems will be made for 1.9. > > > > > > Anyhow, I know that I will want to learn 1.9 at some point. I just do > not > > > want to jump in and be a bad position to progress in my learning > because > > of > > > 1.9 set backs because it is so new. > > > > > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Hooopo wrote: > > > > > >> I think ,as a beginnner, to learn Ruby 1.8 is a good way,there are so > > >> many lib . > > >> and also, if he has learned 1.8 ,then to learn Ruby 1.9 will be easy > > >> for him. > > >> > > >> ps: sorry for my poor English. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > I don't want to buy any books but I want to learn Ruby 1.9 as well. -- Tidak ada yang lebih baik dari kembali ke asal Nothing can be better than back to the roots --00163630f1d7c7dad2046a5fc693--