[LRUG] Converting from the dark side

[Alex Reis]

+1 for Eloquent Ruby. Ruby syntax is easy to grasp, it's getting the "Ruby
way" under your fingers that is the real challenge.

You might want to grab "The Rails Way" as well to get to know the framework
better. I don't know if it's been revised for Rails 4, but even if it
isn't, just knowing what is possible to do with the framework and what is
the "conventional" way of doing things goes a long way and the core APIs
haven't changed much.

Alex

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Riccardo Tacconi <rtacconi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Although I started with Rails, I realised I was using a DSL to develop web
> applications. So I read Eloquent Ruby and a bit of the Pickaxe book. The I
> was following Ruby Tapas and listening to http://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/
> (postcast). I found useful Ruby challenges in the following web sites:
>
> http://rosettacode.org/
> http://rubyquiz.com/
> http://www.codewars.com/
>
> Plus, Russ Olsen did not only wrote Eloquent Ruby, but he wrote Design
> Patterns in Ruby: http://designpatternsinruby.com/. Then you could get
> even better with Sandi book http://www.poodr.com/ which explains OOP in
> Ruby. Another book covering OOP and the DCI design patterns is
> http://clean-ruby.com/ and the same author wrote another book on how to
> write a DSL in Ruby.
>
> On 2 June 2015 at 16:21, Sam Livingston-Gray <geeksam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +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.
>>
>> --
>> (Sent from phone. Please excuse: brevity, top posting, hilarious
>> autocorrections.)
>>
>> 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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