HEAD FIRST RAILS

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• ApolloRising · Oct 27, 2009 · Recommends

  …link) Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) (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…

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• farout · Feb 5, 2011 · Recommends

  …and the developer community, I would stick with php. I have used cakephp which is ok. Not like RoR (which I pine for). But the development community is much nicer. If you decide to learn RoR go with: Head First Rails and Agile Web Development with Rails. There are some others that I have not read but are have good reviews in Amazon. Oh yeah - stay away from Dreamweaver. What a piece of crap.

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• farout · Apr 2, 2011 · Recommends

  here are the three that within in a month you should be able to write some sweet apps quickly. 1. Head First Rails I first poohed this book but I had read 7-8 other books adn still was confused so I thought what the hell. I did each project several times and started making changes. Totally awesome especially the ajax…

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• farout · Mar 20, 2011 · Recommends

  Ruby on Rails. Get the Head first Rails book then the Agile programmer book, see amazon. There 2 excellent Ruby books:Beginning Ruby and Pragmatic Ruby but you can do those later. Then practice like hell. meaning do each project in each book…

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• vnchr · Dec 21, 2010 · Mentions

  …way back when) - I know basic HTML and CSS - I just scored a freelance job for January to customize a Wordpress site for use as a CMS for a network of business professionals - I'm currently reading HEAD FIRST RAILS to get the basics of Ruby on Rails - In the mail is HEAD FIRST PHP & MYSQL to get the low-down on that fun stuff next - I thought Python would be worth a dive (Google's class on YouTube looks cool)…

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