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Summary: Impresive book!!!
Comment: I'm almost new to Ruby, have the Pragmatic Programmer Ruby book but it's half read.
Anyway I wanted (in fact needed) to go on with rails and learn ruby on the fly.
This book is what you need if you are in the same situation, it has a very useful Ruby appendix and the book is very well structured, it's a "hands on" book but you won't miss the concepts.
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Summary: best technical book I have
Comment: This is by far one of the best, most usefull books I own. I would recommend buying this book along with the Ruby pickaxe book. Together both books have brought me hours of fun and a few cool projects that I have used for school. Definitely a must have. I went from no previous database knowledge to developing a medical records database overnight. Very solid book, brings you from the ground up to the sky. There is no limit, only those imposed by your imagination. Check out the entire Pragmatic Programmer series, they are truly unlike any other series of technical books. It seems as if the writers have tailored the books to the completely nubile programmer, yet every section is packed with the juicy details that keeps even the most hardened programmer interested. must buy.
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Summary: Great introduction to Rails for a Java developer!
Comment: Like many Java developers, I was interested in learning what all the fuss about Rails was about. This is a great book that walks you through building a simple Rails application, learning not only Rails but also some useful agile development techniques that are sometimes forgotten in the Java world (specifically, "Don't Repeat Yourself").
This book was eye opening in that it got me thinking about the benefits of not treating Java as a one-size-fits-all solution to all problems, but rather leveraging the right tools for the right job to create value as quickly as possible and with the highest possible quality. The value of Rails that this book has demonstrated has got me thinking about other tools that could be used when a Java solution would be overkill, such as Python for simple cross platform GUI applications.
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Summary: Essential Rails Book
Comment: This is one of those books that should be in every Rails developer's library. It is a centralized, consistent, and up-to-date reference packed full of useful examples and tips that will save you a lot of time when learning and developing. I can't tell you how nice it is to look something up in the index and read about it instead of searching the net for hours to find scattered and incomplete information.
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Summary: An excelent book again
Comment: The book presents itself on a easy language and introduces the core concepts of Rails 1.2 during the already famous "shopping-cart" example.
After that, it explains each of the components and their uses.
Very good even if you're not into Ruby (yet ;))
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