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I just got 'The Rails Way' and my first impressions are that it is a definitive reference work (covering Rails 2 no less). I already prefer what I have seen to
by vdm 19y ago
I just got 'The Rails Way' and my first impressions are that it is a definitive reference work (covering Rails 2 no less). I already prefer what I have seen to a lot of other Rails books I have gone through.
In particular I am not a fan of the Agile Web Development with Rails book; apart from anything else it is way behind the state of the art at this stage.
I actually like to learn from reference books; maybe its just me.
- raju 19y agoI looked into 'The Rails Way' over the weekend. As vdm correctly says, its definitely a very comprehensive reference. And it makes as a good book, but you definitely need to work with a basic tutorial to get you up and running quickly. I would recommend "Agile Web Development with Rails" but with Rails 2.0 although its a little behind the curve, its not a bad book. I am currently reading "Practical Social Networking Sites with Rails", and although its a decent book, the author tends to skip some of the most important details, leaving you wondering how something came about. I would not recommend it. I have read 'Ruby for Rails', and its definitely a good book. David Black is a very good author and teaches you Ruby and shows you how a lot of the 'black-magic' in Rails happens. Here is someone else's review of some of the books - http://antoniocangiano.com/rails-books/ http://antoniocangiano.com/rails-books/ For Ruby, I would recommend Peter Cooper's book over Programming Ruby any day... especially if you are new to Ruby and/or OOP in general.