From: Peter Booth <peter_booth@...>
Date: 2011-02-09T01:11:11+09:00
Subject: Re: 2011: Which Ruby books have you read? And which would you recommend?

On 2011-01-31 13:18:38 -0500, Aston J. said:

> I know there are a lot of threads about books, but some of them are as
> old as 2006 - and I think it would be nice to get a more up to date list
> of hot Ruby books, especially for anyone interested in learning the
> latest version of Ruby, 1.9 (it's still ok to recommend older books if
> you feel they are still relevant).
> 
> I for one will be very eager to see which of the books you have read you
> have 'fallen in love with' - they're the ones I will most likely get
> first :)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> ****************************************
> Which Ruby books have you read?
> And which of those would you recommend?
> *******************************************

There are five Ruby books that I enjoy dipping into and also refer to 
when I want to read a perspective that I trust:

The Well-grounded Rubyist to be a facinating read, and in a similar 
style I liked
Enterprise Rails by Dan Chak
Ruby Programming Language by Flannagan and Matz
Ruby Best Practices by Gregory Brown.
Rails™ AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails™ Refactoring by Chad 
Pytel & Tammer Saleh

I should also note that I have found that having PDFs of books 
installed on my Nook Color gives me a way to occupy myself on the 
subway. Note that the Topfunky screencasts also play on this device in 
high resolution. Nice when you have some captive time to use.