Beginning Rails

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• raghus · Jan 21, 2008 · Recommends

  I strongly recommend Beginning Rails by Jeffrey Hardy. I liked it even more than AWDWR. Here's the companion site: http://beginningrails.com/. The author is active on the Google mailing list for this book as well.

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• raghus · Apr 13, 2008 · Recommends

  If you're just getting started with Rails, I'll recommend Beginning Rails by Jeffrey Hardy (who now works for 37s). The only caveat is that it was written for Rails 1.2.3. The book's site is http://beginningrails.com/ and the author replies regularly to questions about the…

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• ApolloRising · Oct 27, 2009 · Recommends

  …(Paperback) http://amzn.com/1590597664 Simply Rails 2 by Patrick Lenz Permalink: http://amzn.com/0980455200 Head First Rails: A learner's companion to Ruby on Rails by David Griffiths Permalink: http://amzn.com/0596515774 Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) by Jeffrey Allan Hardy Permalink: http://amzn.com/1590596862 I suggest you pick up a version control book as well: svn or git from…

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• petercooper · Aug 23, 2009 · Critical

  …covers RSpec which, given you're Agile, might be of significant interest to you. Books I'd steer away from either because they're out of date or just plain bad IMHO would be all of the Packt books and Beginning Rails from Apress (the latter, hopefully, will be brought up to date in a 2nd edition).

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