Brian Candler wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 12:35:35AM +0900, Peter Bailey wrote:
>> Regarding Active Record, yes, I've certainly read that it 
>> rocks, mainly as part of Rails. Can it be used in a non-Rails way, too? 
> 
> Absolutely. That's how I first started using it.
> 
> There are plenty of intros and blogs if you just google for them, e.g.
> http://www.it-eye.nl/weblog/2006/01/06/starting-with-ruby-and-oracle/
> 
> And AR's own API documentation is pretty good too:
> http://ar.rubyonrails.com/
> 
>> I'm perfectly fine with shelling out some bucks for a good book.
> 
> I have "Agile Web Development with Rails" and I'd strongly recommend it,
> even if you're only interested in ActiveRecord, as it has several 
> chapters
> dedicated to it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian.

Yup, I've got that book, too, and it looks great, from what I've read so 
far. But, I just haven't had the time yet to dive in. But, I definitely 
going to look into Active Rails, even before I get into Rails, which I 
plan some time in the future.

Cheers,
Peter


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