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The Rails Way is a great reference, but not great for those totally fresh to it. For total beginners, I recommend Sitepoint's Build Your Own Ruby on Rails book
by rantfoil 19y ago
The Rails Way is a great reference, but not great for those totally fresh to it.
For total beginners, I recommend Sitepoint's Build Your Own Ruby on Rails book -- http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails1/ http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails1/
Rails Way is great to fill out your Rails understanding from there, and then I recommend David Black's Ruby for Rails to fill out your Ruby understanding -- it will allow you to do so much more.
- snowbird122 19y agoA quote from the sales print on the sitepoint book: "The book uses Rails 1.2 — the very latest version of Rails"
- rantfoil 19y agoGuess they're due for an update. In general, though, I am a big fan of Sitepoint's easy to read style. A quick look at a what's new in Rails 2.0 will get any rails noob up to speed. I stand by recommending the book, though caution people to make sure they do follow it with Rails 1.2.6 otherwise mass confusion will ensue.