Lyle Johnson [mailto:lyle.johnson / gmail.com] wrote:

> In my opinion, books like "Programming Ruby" and "Ruby in a 
> Nutshell" do a fine job of documenting the basics of Ruby 
> programming. But when one moves on to more advanced topics 
> (if that's the right word), things like programming web 
> applications, GUIs, working with databases, etc. the 
> documentation starts to get spotty. You are correct that the 
> Ruby community is a helpful bunch, and that you can get most 
> of the help you need if you hang out on the mailing list or 
> IRC. But wouldn't it be swell to be able to go to the 
> bookstore and just buy "Developing Web Applications with 
> Ruby" rather than scavenging the web to try to piece together 
> all of the knowledge that you need?

you nailed it.
btw, there are around a dozen ruby books in japanese. Anyone translating
them to english?

kind regards -botp