From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T13:48:57+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Way

I'm also a newbie and generally agree that many newbie books start and  
end at too simplistic a level.  I did, however, get a lot out of Teach  
Yourself Ruby (the rest of the title is unfortunate).  However, I  
didn't buy the book until after I read a sample chapter on line and the  
table of contents.  You can see if this book suits your needs here (not  
an affiliate link):

http://www.sams.com/catalog/article.asp?product_id={226452E6-35A8-4079- 
81FF-444D4EBB24A1}&session_id={E3B633ED-A328-4BCB-8DC9-3FE0F95B5326}

Or on Amazon at (not an affiliate link):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672322528/qid%3D1039322533/ 
sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-5951057-4813709#product-details

Mark Slagell also took a translation of the Ruby User's Guide from  
Japanese and, with further translation help and some rewriting, put  
together the guide found here:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/~slagell/ruby/index.html

On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 11:15 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote:

> I'm just getting started on Ruby.  Would you recommend I wait a while
> before reading "The Ruby Way"?
>
> I don't like buying "newbie books" even when I'm a newbie.  I find  
> that I
> exhaust those books very quickly.  Where as with an expert book, even  
> if I
> read everything, I can keep comming back to it later on.
>
> Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days sounds like a "newbie book".  Would you
> agree with that?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Daniel Carrera
> Graduate Teaching Assisant.  Math Dept.
> University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
>
> On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Mark Wilson wrote:
>
>> I bought it a couple of days ago.  I've been working my way through it
>> and like it very much.  I started with the pickaxe book and really
>> liked that (I still use it on a daily basis).  Then I bought Teach
>> Yourself Ruby in 21 Days, which is also a very good book.  The Ruby  
>> Way
>> is more advanced than Teach Yourself Ruby and very different from the
>> pickaxe book (you can learn from both).  Unfortunately, I was
>> disappointed with the book Making Use of Ruby, which I cannot  
>> recommend.
>>
>> On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 10:48 PM, Harry Ohlsen wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:39, Daniel Carrera wrote:
>>>> What do people think of "The Ruby Way"?
>>>> Would that be a good book to buy?
>>>
>>> I think it's a great book!
>>>
>>> I believe the pickaxe book is the best place to start, but once  
>>> you've
>>> been
>>> writing Ruby code for a while, TRW is the next book that's really  
>>> worth
>>> grabbing (Matz's book is also helpful, as a good desk reference).
>>>
>>>> Is there a book homepage?  I can't find it in Google.
>>>
>>> There is, but I can't remember where it lives.
>>>
>>> H.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>