From: Tom Cloyd Date: 2012-09-29T04:38:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Good book for getting started with Ruby? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030001020102000209020707 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Re: Well grounded rubyist - Absolutely. There are a number of fine tutorial books on Ruby, and you should go with the one that you find most helpful to your learning. That said, David Black is simply a master teacher, and has insight about what's really going on in Ruby, and what's essential to learn, that I find simply unparalleled. Simply my favorite book on Ruby, hands down. t. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd / tc@tomcloyd.com / (435) 272-3332 On 09/28/2012 10:30 AM, Russell wrote: > I really liked The Well Grounded Rubyist. > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Chad Perrin > wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:05:25PM +0900, Dami�n M. Gonz�lez wrote: > > Good question, there's many books about Ruby, now I'm apart from the > > books(not in my house right now), but I never forget about two, the > > first one you have to read is a masterpiece by _why and it's free: > > > > >> why's poignant guide to ruby > > > > And the one you should have is another masterpiece by Dave > Thomas and > > company. > > > > >> Programming Ruby 1.9 > > > > Also the one that become with the ruby installer for windows(by > Luis > > Lavena) called The Book Of Ruby(by Huw Collingbourne) is good. > > > > Have fun in this journey! > > I have to disagree. The Book of Ruby is a bucket of bad habits > presented > to unsuspecting new Rubyists as good practices. It should not be > read by > anyone who has not already been a Rubyist for several years, involved > with the community at least to some degree, and competent to write > production code -- possibly with a couple of published gems to one's > credit. At that point, the person would probably see all the problems > with the book and refuse to read the whole thing, anyway. > > . . . and I'm not just talking about the version that was > delivered with > the installer. I'm talking about the version that was actually > fixed up > and edited for publication by No Starch Press. > > None of this should be taken as deprecating the Ruby Installer for > Windows at all. It and its developers are to be commended on quality > software, I believe. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > > --------------030001020102000209020707 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Re: Well grounded rubyist - Absolutely.

There are a number of fine tutorial books on Ruby, and you should go with the one that you find most helpful to your learning.

That said, David Black is simply a master teacher, and has insight about what's really going on in Ruby, and what's essential to learn, that I find simply unparalleled. Simply my favorite book on Ruby, hands down.

t.
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Tom Cloyd / tc@tomcloyd.com / (435) 272-3332

On 09/28/2012 10:30 AM, Russell wrote:
I really liked The Well Grounded Rubyist.

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:05:25PM +0900, Damián M. González wrote:
> Good question, there's many books about Ruby, now I'm apart from the
> books(not in my house right now), but I never forget about two, the
> first one you have to read is a masterpiece by _why and it's free:
>
>  >> why's poignant guide to ruby
>
>  And the one you should have is another masterpiece by Dave Thomas and
> company.
>
>  >> Programming Ruby 1.9
>
>  Also the one that become with the ruby installer for windows(by Luis
> Lavena) called The Book Of Ruby(by Huw Collingbourne) is good.
>
>  Have fun in this journey!

I have to disagree.  The Book of Ruby is a bucket of bad habits presented
to unsuspecting new Rubyists as good practices.  It should not be read by
anyone who has not already been a Rubyist for several years, involved
with the community at least to some degree, and competent to write
production code -- possibly with a couple of published gems to one's
credit.  At that point, the person would probably see all the problems
with the book and refuse to read the whole thing, anyway.

. . . and I'm not just talking about the version that was delivered with
the installer.  I'm talking about the version that was actually fixed up
and edited for publication by No Starch Press.

None of this should be taken as deprecating the Ruby Installer for
Windows at all.  It and its developers are to be commended on quality
software, I believe.

--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]




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