<div dir="ltr">I haven't read the book, but judging by the quality of Justin blog, I would probably recommend Practicing Rails.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.justinweiss.com/practicing-rails/">https://www.justinweiss.com/practicing-rails/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Also, Pragprog has a good collection of reference books <a href="https://pragprog.com/search?q=rails">https://pragprog.com/search?q=rails</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Nicolas Alpi, cookies eater</div>Ruby on Rails, Javascript developer at CookiesHQ<div><a href="http://www.twitter.com/spyou" target="_blank">@spyou</a> :: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=28535699" target="_blank">nicolas.alpi</a> :: <a href="http://www.cookieshq.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.cookieshq.co.uk</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Jay Greasley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaygreasley@gmail.com" target="_blank">jaygreasley@gmail.com</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">Hello all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><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><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All responses are much appreciated</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>
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