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Gage Pluid
7,086 PointsRuby on Rails Books
Hi guys i was wondering if some one could help me out. I just started doing rails development track a couple of weeks ago. I was wonder if any one had any good ruby on rails book suggestions that are up to date?
4 Answers
John Magee
Courses Plus Student 9,058 PointsStart with the rails guides from the ROR people themselves click here
The Hartl Tutorial is up to date though I don't like how he's altered the development to his cloud based thing - I like working on my own computer. You can buy a book, add screencasts, or do it for free online click here
The 'way' books tend to do well, not sure it's up to date - The Rails Way
The problem is that Rails moves quickly and sometimes quicker than books, some changes are minor some are significant, but if you keep up to date via rubyonrails.org it'll tell you what you need to focus on on new versions.
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 PointsHi Gage
I can recommend books below:
Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial (3th Edition) - Most Updates
Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby - knowledge more about Ruby if necessary
Agile Web Development with Rails 4 - Web Appearances
Rail On Rails.org - Follow up with any changing of different versions.
Hope that helps :-)
John Magee
Courses Plus Student 9,058 PointsMy two cents on the Agile Web Development book is that instead of generating models, controllers, views individually it uses scaffolds. Scaffolds are great in theory but also can create a lot of superfluous content. I find them a hindrance in learning.
Michael Wiss
19,233 PointsLearn to Program by Chris Pine
Programming Ruby by Dave Thomas
Learn the language well enough and the changes in rails will be insignificant.
Gage Pluid
7,086 PointsThanks guys for the quick response . i will check those books out thanks