[LRUG] Converting from the dark side

Thu Jun 11 05:30:40 PDT 2015

nice find, thanks

Jay

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 4:59 PM, nicolas alpi <nicolas.alpi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>>>>
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