The Rails Way: Driving Rails into the Enterprise (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

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The author does not know which audience he is aiming at. (0/0 people found this helpful)

This book is hard to use as a reference. It is not concise and walks you through examples like a baby. I had to read this book from cover to cover to find the gems... If your a beginner in ruby/rails, have created a basic rails application, have the time to work through 900 pages and don't mind fluff, then this is a good book. However, there may be short sections throughout the book that might go over your head, but you can always come back to those sections later... The chapter on REST was really useful for me.

This book is my bible. (2/3 people found this helpful)

If you are serious about developing using Ruby on Rails: buy this book. There is no doubt it will come in useful, even if you consider yourself an advanced RoR developer. I was very comfortable with RoR before I read this book, expecting to only find a few bits and pieces useful, but the level of detail is really great, explaining exactly how each line works, helps both novices and expects alike.

If you want to learn by example, this book might not suit you, as it is more of a reference book than a step by step guide. What it will give you however is a great, deep knowledge of Rails allowing you to 'invent' your own examples along the way. My advice to novices: choose yourself a basic project to begin with (e.g. make a address book system with login), and then read the book with the idea of "how do I do this best?", make notes, then when you feel confident - put all the pieces of your system together.

My summary:
This is the only RoR book I have read that goes beyond the information you can find on the internet and is actually worth buying. You will not be let down. You will refer to it all the time.

A Must for Serious Rails Developers (4/4 people found this helpful)

At over 900 pages this is a Rails How-to on a biblical scale. Clearly written by someone who has got their hand dirty in lots of real world Rails applications the book offers detailed and well targeted advice. There are other books out there for getting started with Rails but once you're up and running this is the book you need by your side.

Pragmatic use of Rails is about using great plug-ins and making use of all the framework has to offer this book helps you discover the full extent of what Rails has to offer so you can spend less time coding and more time reusing.

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