On Jan 20, 2006, at 7:36 PM, dblack / wobblini.net wrote: > Hi -- > > On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Tom Allison wrote: > >> Well, I don't have that exact background but I've always found >> books like the typical "21 days" and "dummies" are mostly >> useless. no pain, no gain... :) > > I wrote three of the "days" in "Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days", and I > went out of my way to make them excruciatingly painful, so you can > safely read it :-) > > But seriously... that book did get a lot of "not a typical book of its > genre" remarks, for which I take a mini-bow but mostly give a big nod > to Mark Slagell, the chief author. > > > David > > -- > David A. Black > dblack / wobblini.net > > "Ruby for Rails", from Manning Publications, coming April 2006! > http://www.manning.com/books/black > I agree. The 21 day ruby book is probably the most useful 21 day type book I have ever read. It does cover a bunch of very useful stuff. Cheers- -Ezra Zygmuntowicz WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper http://yakimaherald.com ezra / yakima-herald.com blog: http://brainspl.at