Ruby For Rails

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…moving target that keeping totally updated books on the shelves is probably just as frustrating for the book publishers as for those wanting up-to-date books. That said, the Pragmatic Programmer's book Agile Development with Rails is a pretty good intro: http://pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with... But, with Rails 3 (with many changes) coming in the next few months, books are going to become outdated yet again. As for Ruby in general, the fairly recent The Ruby Programming Language ( http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Programming-Language-David-Flanag... ) is a pretty good intro. David Black's The Well-Grounded Rubyist ( http://www.amazon.com/Well-Grounded-Rubyist-David-Black/dp/1... ) is recent, and I'm sure a great book, as his previous (Ruby for Rails) was excellent.

…t updated it for Rails 2+, don't go near it. You might want to try the Rails Guide instead ( http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html ) From there, I picked up Ruby for Rails ( http://www.manning.com/black/ ). I read about 20% of this book. It was critical for me understanding the "magic" behind Rails and the weird syntax behind Ruby. I came from a somewhat CS background, so YMMV. After that, I left the books behind. I just found problems and tried solving them with Ruby & Ruby on Rails. I did a few crappy webapps, some of the Facebook engineering puzzles, some of the Project Euler questions. ----- One word: PRACTICE. ----- At first, stay away from doing it perfect, just get something working and iterate. You don't need a full suite of tests, scale to 1M users, and super-clever meta-code (you dont need this ever). Every project …

…r Own Ruby on Rails book -- 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.

The Rails Way, by Obie Fernandez. Only RoR book you'll ever need. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321445619/ This book is one of the three in plus's comment; another one his comment mentions is "Ruby for Rails", which will get you up to speed on Ruby as a language. It's a great book; get it too.

Get The Rails Way back. it's a far better book than Agile Web Development with Rails. Also, get a good Ruby book like "Ruby For Rails" from Manning.

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1) I highly recommend Agile Web Development with Ruby on Rails. I also recommend the Pick Axe (Pragmatic Programmers Ruby book). I do not recommend Ruby for Rails. I bought it and skimmed it to realize I already knew everything in it after reading the other two. 2) B/c it has a great ORM layer (ActiveRecord) and strong ajax libraries (integration with prototype/script.aculo.us) which make it easy to quickly put together a very well organized app that has a lot of UI sizzle. I also expect Merb to continue to gather steam, especially for people who "get" rails and who want to take it in specialized directions.

… 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/ For Ruby, I would recommend Peter Cooper's book over Pro…

Wow! Great design, nice clean look to it. congratulations on your first rails app. To add to mechanical_fish's comment, David Black's "Ruby for rails" is a good book. Another good book which I have not read, but have heard great things of, is Peter Cooper's book. Again, congratulations! Great work... Along a similar note, I wish I could work along these lines. I tend to be too much of an academic, and spend endless weeks reading about whatever (rails in this case) and never actually get down to implementing much, then get attracted to the next new shiny toy, and move on. So from my perspective, great job!

…ust said. Even experts can get lost in Ruby's class hierarchy. So get a Ruby book and it will help you sort out the Ruby approach to OO programming. People seem to like "Ruby for Rails", and its author is smart. The Pickaxe book ("Programming Ruby") is more famous and I liked that just fine, too. (Don't tell Zed Shaw.) If you're not already intimately familiar with another OO language, you might not want to learn Ruby from _Why the Lucky Stiff's Poignant Guide to Ruby (with cartoon foxes!)... although that's what I did. P.S. Just today I had my accountant explaining to me the importance of separate tracking for "business" miles that I drive for my company, as well as tracking total miles driven. Food for thought. Just don't offer that feature if you plan to take the service down sometime during a tax year...

… It's available as a pdf direct from the Pragmatic Programmers -. Skip the Pickaxe book for now, the 1st edition is online at http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ 2. Black's Ruby for Rails (Manning). Read this not long after AWDwR. It provides much insight into the Ruby behind the Rails. 3 (tie). Either Orsini's Rails Cookbook (O'Reilly) (the testing chapter is particularly useful if it's new to you) 3 (tie). Fowler's Rails Recipes (Pragmatic Programmers). Both books are very good. If anything, 'Recipes' gets you movign faster, but you'll probably learn more from the Cookbook. opt. Ajax on Rails by Raymond (O'Reilly). An in Depth Reference to Prototype, Scriptaculus and rjs. Useful since there is no really good reference on these for the noob. opt. The Ruby Way by Fulton (Addison Wesley) An 'inside out' Ruby reference. Instead of going throug…