Comments on: 7 soon to be released Ruby and Rails books https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/ Meditations on programming, startups, and technology Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Books on Rails and Ruby on books : F5lab BLOG https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3510 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:10:18 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3510 […] there’s a similar post on the Antonio Cangiano’s blog link. Belive me, I’ve see it only now. It’s interesting that a lot of my half or wish […]

]]> By: arjan https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3498 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:21:54 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3498 Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition official

http://pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition

]]> By: links for 2008-04-22 | Libin Pan https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3486 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:37:11 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3486 […] 7 soon to be released Ruby and Rails books | Zen and the Art of Programming 7 soon to be released Ruby and Rails books and more in comments (tags: ruby books rails rubyonrails) […]

]]> By: This Week in Ruby (April 7, 2008) | Zen and the Art of Programming https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3051 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:03:32 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3051 […] ink for printing Ruby and Rails books never runs dry, as I pointed out in my post 7 soon to be released Ruby and Rails books. It turns out that in the months of April and May alone, there will be 8 new Ruby/Rails titles. […]

]]> By: Timothy Fisher https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3037 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:14:30 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3037 I am the author of the
Ruby on Rails Bible which will be coming out probably in June from Wiley.

Tim

]]> By: links for 2008-04-04 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3036 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:36:07 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3036 […] 7 soon to be released Ruby and Rails books | Zen and the Art of Programming Ruby 1.9, despite being a development release, has been out for a while. More importantly, Rails 2 differs enough from Rails 1.2 (covered by most books out there) to require new tutorials (tags: rubyonrails books) […]

]]> By: Timo https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3026 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:50:34 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3026 I wanted to check out Agile Web Development With Rails but since it covers Rails 1.2 I’ll have to pass that one 🙁 I just started learning Rails and I believe that this would have been *the book* for newcomers like me. So instead I ordered RailsSpace as you suggested. I’m also about to buy The Rails Way after that.

]]> By: Ben https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3022 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:20:24 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3022 Hi Antonio – let me echo Lyle’s thanks (though in my case, it’s for mentioning Practical REST on Rails 2 Projects). I’m really excited to see the proliferation of books around Rails, and hope that different audiences can benefit from it all.

]]> By: Antonio Cangiano https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3020 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:59:36 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3020 @Lyle

Thanks for stopping by. I corrected the release month, but you may want to inform Amazon.com, as they’re still listing May as the release date. 🙂

@softmind

Oh boy, they pop up like mushrooms, don’t they? 😀 I assume you’re referring to Professional Ruby on Rails and The Art of Rails: The Coming Age of Web Development. While the first doesn’t belong on the list, since it was published back in February, I wasn’t aware of the second one. It’s possible that there may even be further upcoming titles, too. The second title by Wrox seems to focus on the design patterns and methodologies of web development with examples of code written in Ruby/Rails. These kinds of books are usually either excellent, useful, inspiring, etc… or miss the mark entirely. If I manage to get hold of a copy I’ll let you know what I think.

@Chriss

I guess it makes sense having Ruby 1.9 coverage for libraries and gem developers and for those who want to be prepared for the stable version which I assume will come out next Christmas as per tradition (Ruby 2.0).

@Stephen

I didn’t include the title, since it was already published, but I’ve heard great things about The Ruby Programming Language. I’ll need to get hold of a copy as soon as possible so that I can check it out and decide if I should include it in my recommendation page.

PS: Sorry but the blog doesn’t accept markdown. HTML is welcome.

]]> By: Stephen Celis https://programmingzen.com/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3018 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:18:16 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/04/02/7-soon-to-be-released-ruby-and-rails-books/#comment-3018 Antonio, I recommend you check out Flanagan’s [_The Ruby Programming Language_](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596516178/), released just a few months ago. It’s a refreshing alternative to the pickaxe and manages good coverage of 1.9—though it is less of a reference tome (readers can turn to the RDocs instead).

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