After reading the mentioned books 'Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails' is another one to take into consideration.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 June 2011 15:52, Nick Ludlam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick@recoil.org">nick@recoil.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Thanks all, very good suggestions!<br>
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We're definitely going to purchase the 4th ed of AWDWR, and some of the other sites look similarly good, and the inimitable James Darling and I are going to be helping with mentoring. By way of a summary, we have...<br>
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Sites:<br>
<a href="http://railsforzombies.org/" target="_blank">http://railsforzombies.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://rubykoans.com/" target="_blank">http://rubykoans.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://railscasts.com/" target="_blank">http://railscasts.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.asciicasts.com/" target="_blank">http://www.asciicasts.com/</a><br>
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Books:<br>
Agile Web Development with Rails (4th ed.)<br>
<div class="im">Rails 3 Way<br>
Rails AntiPatterns<br>
Ruby Best Practices<br>
Design Patterns in Ruby<br>
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On 1 Jun 2011, at 14:16, Tom Blomfield wrote:<br>
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> PragProg's Agile Web Development in Rails is a great book for beginners with a little experience in another language, taking you step-by-step through the process of creating an online store.<br>
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> Necessarily, it doesn't dig deeply into a lot of the rails "magic" - for that, I'd recommend the Rails 3 Way. If you're switching from something like Python/Django, I'd start with the latter.<br>
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> Also, the Hartl Rails Tutorial is ok, but I found it a little dry. It's also obsessive about TDD, which may not be helpful for a complete novice.<br>
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