[LRUG] Converting from the dark side

[Lucas Mbiwe]

Hi Jay,

Welcome to the community!

On 2 June 2015 at 13:53:18, Jay Greasley (jay at firecomputing.co.uk) wrote:
Thanks. I'm keen to understand Ruby first. I know my way round the mvc pattern, if not the Rails specifics. At this stage I don't know if Rails is overkill for the project so am aware of keeping a very open mind.
I've heard good things about The Well-Grounded Rubyist. So I'm sure picking up a copy of it wouldn't be a mistake.

I personally prefer Eloquent Ruby by Russ Olson, as it covers all the language specifics with a strong focus on idioms (“Write Code That Looks Like Ruby”). It even covers metaprogramming and touches on building gems (a bit outdated but the basics still apply).

-- Lucas
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