Comments on: Eloquent Ruby Review

By: Doug Sparling

Doug Sparling — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:00:42 +0000

Thanks Antonio! I fit the bill 🙂 Actually, I just started back into Ruby and RoR development full time (I’d done RoR for two or three years previously, but had a small break where I was doing other work – Python, PHP, Java, etc…it’s GREAT to be back) and I know the book will be a great read. I will definitely recommend it to the junior devs in the office.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:10:28 +0000

Ruby 1.9.2 has chosen Doug Sparling (@scriptrunner) as the winner of a copy of Eloquent Ruby.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:04:48 +0000

In reply to felix. The ideal reader would be someone who has already read a book on Ruby and has used it for a while (e.g., a year). In practice, anyone from novice to intermediate will find the book to be useful. It's a great one.

By: felix

felix — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:43:27 +0000

thanks for the review. In your ruby books posts, you had mentioned ruby best practices as a “lays out a clear road map to Ruby mastery for those who wish to pursue it.” Could you please tell, where does eloquent ruby stands? Beginner, Intermediate, Some experience?

thanks

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:53:30 +0000

In reply to Lonny Eachus.

According to Google Trends, it reached a peak at that time: http://www.google.com/trends?q=ruby+on+rails&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

By: Lonny Eachus

Lonny Eachus — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:43:33 +0000

Maybe it could have been worded a bit differently, since according to the charts Rails has not yet reached its “peak of popularity”.