<div dir="ltr">+1 for The Well Grounded Rubyist</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div>-- </div><div>David Burrows</div><div>079 1234 2125</div><div>@dburrows</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.designsuperbuild.com/" target="_blank">http://www.designsuperbuild.com/</a> | @dsgnsprbld</div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 June 2015 at 12:52, Jay Greasley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay@firecomputing.co.uk" target="_blank">jay@firecomputing.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi James,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jay</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:48 PM, James McCarthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@lety.co" target="_blank">james@lety.co</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Keep in mind that Rails is not Ruby, a lot of people know how to use
    rails but cannot really do anything else using Ruby.<br>
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    Rails is a great framework for what it does (webapp), have a look at
    other types of tasks (system administration scripts is something
    Ruby has taken over from Perl a little).<br>
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    James.<br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello all,</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm a bit of
          a dinosaur, having started with COBOL through Visual Basic 3,
          classic asp and then onto the <a href="http://asp.net" target="_blank">asp.net</a> stack.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">But, I'm
          really interested in moving over to using Ruby.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I supported
          an old Rails 2.3 app a couple of years ago and liked the
          syntax and flexibilty.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have a new
          work opportunity where Ruby appears to be a good candidate for
          the product.<br>
          Has anyone else made a similar move?</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My main
          question is what one book would you recommend to start with.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Is it the
          Pickaxe book? </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm sure
          it'll take a while to change mindset to appreciate
          metaprogramming etc.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All responses
          are much appreciated</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jay</div>
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