- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (29 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596101325
- ISBN-13: 978-0596101329
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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About.com: Ruby, October 2006
If you need an accelerated path to learning Ruby on Rails, look no further
Bitwise Magazine, November 2006
In just seven chapters, the book covers all the really important stuff about Rails
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recieved this book this morning and had finished it within an hour. 130 pages plus two annexes that gave no further information than is readily available by googling 'ruby on rails'.
Very much aimed at the beginner. But wait a minute.... I am a beginner, I have never programmed in my life before, I have never run a website before. So how come this added nothing to my knowledge. Easy. I read the quick start guides on the web (Free).
If you are looking for better value, check out Agile Web Development with Rails. When you get more advanced, David Black's Ruby for Rails is very good. (I have no connection with either)
Anyone want to buy a second hand copy??
Very much aimed at the beginner. But wait a minute.... I am a beginner, I have never programmed in my life before, I have never run a website before. So how come this added nothing to my knowledge. Easy. I read the quick start guides on the web (Free).
If you are looking for better value, check out Agile Web Development with Rails. When you get more advanced, David Black's Ruby for Rails is very good. (I have no connection with either)
Anyone want to buy a second hand copy??
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a disappointment for an OReilly Book, this book is a sprint through the use of Rails, and when I say sprint, its a Ben Johnson sprint on some of todays finest steriods.
Classic example is on the use of migrations, badly explained, and only tells you just enough to get a single table up and running, no further explanations until much later in the book, in the ends leaves you totally confused about this whole topic.
Wierd depth too, some times hardly any, other times it goes mine shaft deep into detail. I read Tate's book "Beyond Java" and really enjoyed this, but this book seems to have been thrown together as quickly as possible to get onto the Rails bandwagon.
Could have been much much better guys !!!!
Classic example is on the use of migrations, badly explained, and only tells you just enough to get a single table up and running, no further explanations until much later in the book, in the ends leaves you totally confused about this whole topic.
Wierd depth too, some times hardly any, other times it goes mine shaft deep into detail. I read Tate's book "Beyond Java" and really enjoyed this, but this book seems to have been thrown together as quickly as possible to get onto the Rails bandwagon.
Could have been much much better guys !!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Weak, weak, weak. There is nothing in this book above the trivial. There is nothing in this book you can't read on-line for free. There is nothing in this book that will help with any Ruby-On-The-Rails problems. It's really a mystery why this book was printed, or indeed why the author owns up to writing this rubbish (except he got paid).
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