
Beginning Rails 3
by Cloves Carneiro · first published 2010
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I would suggest you start with the core book: --Agile Web Development with Rails (Fourth Edition) --Rails Tutorial w. Rails 3 is very good. --Beginning Rails 3 by Carneiro and Barazi is excellent --The Rails 3 Way by Fernandez is difficult if not expanding --Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails by Dix is impressive and thorough --Rails Antipatterns…
on “Ask HN: Rails 3 book recommendations?” ↗Thanks man! The latest go-round of learning rails started in mid-February. After working through building a basic blog in the 'Beginning Rails 3' book, I started working on Favsi. I had the majority of Favsi done in a couple of months but a few small details ended up taking quite a bit of time to figure out. I highly recommend Rails and the "Beginning…
on “Show HN: Non-dev learning development. Shipping my first project: Favsi” ↗I recently used the Apress book "Beginning Rails 3," and I thought it was very well done and easy to understand for a beginner. It takes you through the building of a basic blog application and touches on pretty much all the important areas. I found…
on “Ask HN: Ruby/RoR, where to begin?” ↗Worse still, I started off with Beginning Rails 3 by Apress, and it makes only one obscure reference to attr_accessible, and not in the context of security, doesn't mention mass assignment at all, and has no chapter on even basic security. Beginners…
on “How I Learned Enough Ruby On Rails In 12 Weeks To Launch Freelancify” ↗For Rails, I'd recommend, in this order 1. Agile Web Development with Rails 2. The Rails Way I've heard good things about "Beginning Rails 3", but I haven't read it myself, I'd pop that up to the top of the list if Agile Web Development with Rails isn't working for you.
on “Learning JavaScript - my experience and advice” ↗…(just a stack of cards), my macbook pro 13", WD my passport for time machine backup, a projector that we barely use but has some cables on top of it that go with it, an NYCDA t-shirt, The Book of Ruby, Beginning Rails 3, Stylin' with CSS, AngularJS Directives, Wired Magazine, buckyballs, a Sphero I barely use, a stamp, an ink well for the stamp, a pen, a little thing of vaseline, and an iPod shuffle charger for my waterproof…
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