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Summary: Great book!
Comment: This book is awesome!
Ruby On Rails will be the mother of all programming languages!
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Summary: Must-read for new Rails developer
Comment: This is an excellent book for someone who is new to Ruby on Rails development. You should buy an accompanying Ruby book though for those pesky Ruby questions =).
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Summary: Very good
Comment: Of all the books I have read about ruby on rails, this is the most comprehensive and easy to understand, even without deep ruby knowledge.
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Summary: Best Development Book...
Comment: I've been a software developer for 19+ years, and have been teaching hundreds of programmers for the past year on a wide range of topics...and hands-down...this is the best learn-how-to-program-in-whatever book.
Most other tech books follow certain patterns to get their point across
* deliver concepts in small chunks followed by short samples
* preach endlessly - and then end with a big code-dump
* all text - little code
* too much code - not enough text
* etc...
"Agile Web Dev with Rails" gets the right mix. The first half of the book builds a Shopping Cart application with Ajax features (and even administration screens and REST web interfaces). The second half of the book provides a solid overview of Rails. So you get two books in one -- a great tutorial, and a great Rails reference.
And the tutorial portion is written in a way that you feel as if the author is sitting next to you while doing the exercises. You can hear his thoughts about why certain things are done, or certain code need to be refactored. Using Agile development techniques where the requirements can unfold in real-time, it even sends you down paths only to back-up a few steps once a better-way is discovered (or the mythical client steps in and says they want it done a different way).
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But if you're serious about Ruby on Rails -- just buy the second (current) edition of Programming Ruby along with this book. You'll be glad you did.
...Highly Highly recommend!
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Summary: Learn Rails from the Experts
Comment: When I came onto a new project, I needed to learn Rails fast. This book got me up and running in no time. Despite being new to Ruby, I found the examples easy to follow and the sample application easy to work with. This book is the gold standard when it comes to Rails.
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