[LRUG] Converting from the dark side

[Sam Livingston-Gray]

+1. Eloquent Ruby is one of the few tech books I've read cover to cover and enjoyed all the way through. It's a screencast, not a book, but you might also find Ruby Tapas useful for picking up Ruby idioms.

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> On Jun 2, 2015, at 5:17 AM, Lucas Mbiwe <lucas at geek4good.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 It even covers metaprogramming and touches on building gems (a bit outdated but the basics still apply).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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