From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2009-07-15T01:33:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Twelve rules of Ruby.

Eleanor McHugh wrote:
> On 14 Jul 2009, at 16:24, Garry Freemyer wrote:
>> The reason I bring this frustration out, is I am interested in finding 
>> a book that doesn't leave me in the lurch of having to make guesses 
>> with no guidance, and where the examples work with the current version 
>> of ruby in wide use today. Surprises are like being in a dark cave and 
>> having your flashlight go out without warning.
>>
>> My rails is 2.3.2 and Ruby version 1.8.6
> 
> I can't comment on the Rails side of things as that's not my primary 
> interest, but for Ruby 1.8.6 the second edition of the PickAxe and 
> David's excellent Ruby for Rails should get you up to speed on the 
> language. I also recommend the second edition of The Ruby Way by Hal 
> Fulton which is full of interesting snippets (and there's also The Rails 
> Way of which I've heard good reports).


Grab Greg Brown's Ruby Best Practices, too.


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