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Like most folks, I'm learning Ruby and Rails at the same time. I have bought
the programming ruby and the agile web dev with Rails in PDF format, and the
Ruby way (2nd edition) in paper book.
Matz's forward to the 2nd edition says the book tries to explain the way of
Ruby programming (Not just 'how it works' to my understanding). As I did a
glimpse through the book, there are tons of examples, tons.

I am a slow reader (and still adapting Dvorak in the mean time). So I am
reading 2 PDF books. As I found something needs practice or more explanation
(like regular expression to me), I go to find the section in Ruby Way.





2007/7/17, Craig Johnson <cjsiam / msn.com>:
>
> If you want to have a Rails based Ruby tutorial--
> i.e. showing you how to exploit ruby features from withing
> the Rails framework (as well as very good ruby coverage) you
> might look at "Ruby for Rails" by David Black/Manning pub.
>
> David Hansson did the forward....
> Seems to cover many things not well explored in some of the
>   tutorials
>
> cj:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ari Brown [mailto:ari / aribrown.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:41 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: ruby tutorial
>
>
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> <snippz0r>
> >
> > In case Tim's comment was too subtle, I'll be more direct:
> >
> > "The Pickaxe" is the nickname for "Programming Ruby", because of the
> > pickaxe on the cover.  It's similar to the way many O'Reilly books are
> > called by the name of the animal on the cover, like the "Camelid
> > Trilogy"
> > of Perl books (the Llama, the Alpaca, and the Camel).
> >
> > I hear good things about "The Ruby Way", though I haven't read it
> > myself
> > (yet).  You might consider looking into that as a next book.
>
> But avoid buying it (at first). Safari Books Online has the entire
> text, so if you dont mind reading things online, you can wander
> around to find an account you can use. Often times colleges (ie
> Dartmouth) have trust relationships with the site, so if you have a
> Dartmouth IP, you are automatically logged in and can read the entire
> book online.
>
>
> aRi
> --------------------------------------------|
> If you're not living on the edge,
> then you're just wasting space.
>
>
>
>
>


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