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ARNOLD SANDERS
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 Points
Posted by ARNOLD SANDERS
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 Points

Easy ActiveRecord for rails users

This is not a question. I just wanted to pass along a book that I recently had the pleasure of reading. I am a budding jr. rails developer. And have been developing full blast, for the past 4-5 months. And I use a lot of online resources in my development. A few days ago, I purchased this book called, "Easy ActiveRecord for rails developers" written by Jason Gilmore. And honestly, I really have to say, this book is like the holy grail of ActiveRecord information. Its a bit pricey but the book is outstanding. If you are a person that is serious about leveling up with rails, then pair this book with the treehouse tutorials and the sky is the limit.

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Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

I appreciate your explanation, I am still hungry for more books especially Jason Gilmore's book, lol. Though, your suggestion is really helpful. :-)

Thanks again.

ARNOLD SANDERS
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 Points
ARNOLD SANDERS
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 Points

I haven't really focused much on TDD, so I haven't really bought any books in lieu of it. But the book I suggested here does focus on TDD in the most fundamental way. Via showing how to use RSPEC and the Factory-Girl gem deeply. I met an engineer for WeWork not too long ago and he was showing me the codebase that they built up around WeWork commons, which is their new product rollout, here in NY(probably other places too, not exactly sure). But his usage of factory girl and Rspec was the same way the author of this book had so eloquently described. So I got very excited about that. Especially when I was writing this suggestion. lol

As far as other books I suggest goes, i can only suggest what I have: Beginning Ruby by Peter Cooper Agile Web Development with rails 4 and Rails Views. All very good books. But the absolute best for actually building something that you will love with rails, I really have to say, Hands Down is this book. It walks you deeply through creating Business logic via the Models Layer. P.S sorry for beating around the bush....

Salman Akram
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Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points
Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi Arnold,

Awesome!

Thank you for great suggestion, I will definitely to check out this book to increase knowledge. Any other recommendation like TDD (Test-Driven Development)?