[LRUG] Converting from the dark side

[nicolas alpi]

I've just stumbled upon this list
https://github.com/dreikanter/ruby-bookmarks

It looks quite up to date.

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Matthew Valentine-House <
matthew.valentine-house at futurelearn.com> wrote:

> I put together a reading list on Github a while ago for my own use, but it
> might be helpful.
>
> PR's for excellent recommendations are also very much welcome.
>
> https://github.com/eightbitraptor/reading_list
>
> On 3 June 2015 at 09:43, Jay Greasley <jay at firecomputing.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Wow,
>>
>> Thank you all for the really helpful replies. I'll try and summarise them
>> all into a or blogpost for anyone else with a similar question.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Alex Reis <alex at alexmreis.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +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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>>>>
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