From: Pat Eyler <pate@...>
Date: 2002-04-03T02:28:54+09:00
Subject: RE: [ANN] Announcing New Ruby Book Under Development!

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 james@rubyxml.com wrote:

> >
> > Everybody:
> >
> > Just thought the community would like to know that it's
> > official: We'll be writing a new book on Ruby for Sams
> > Publishing. The "Ruby Developer's Handbook" (not to be confused
> > with the excellent "Ruby Developer's
> > Guide" by Syngress) is slated for release in January, 2003 --
> > we're just now signing the contract and solidifying the Table of
> > Contents.
> >
>
> This is great news.   I, too, am working on a Ruby book (on beginning Ruby
> programming), and I'd like to suggest starting a Wiki page for Ruby book
> authors.  It could be used to track suggestions for books, list topics that
> folks think should be in different types of books (e.g., advanced books
> should cover X, beginner books should be sure to explain Y), suggested
> example code (whether actual short programs, or thoughts on larger example
> applications),  and the like.
>
> I, for example, would really like to know what Ruby newbies find
> troublesome or confusing, so I can be sure to address them.
>
> Comments?

One thing I'd really like to see is 'beginning programming with ruby' as
opposed to 'beginning ruby programming', With some coverage of 'best
programming practices'.  Too many learning/beginning/etc. books make the
assumption that the reader is already fluent in some other progarmming
language.

-pate


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> James
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