Ruby On Rails 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Just finished going through the free online version and it's in contention for the best programming book I've ever read. I recommend this book to anyone with programming experience looking to understand the Ruby on Rails stack. If you're new to programming, I'd recommend starting more with codeacademy or an online resource that handles all the environment setup stuff, and then come back to this book after you have your feet wet.The content is, on the whole, fairly well explained, getting conceptual where necessary and letting you know when you don't have to think too hard about a certain concept just yet. The online format was filled with useful links to dig deeper into certain areas. The editing was also great, I found only one instance where it seemed like the code was out of order with the testing. There is quite a bit of legwork involved in getting to know your environment, but I, as the authored warned I would, actually ended up appreciating the amount of time spent with Git and Rails before actually programming.I would have liked a bit more explanation about rspec/capybara syntax though. So much of the book seems a whirlwind tour of rspec and I had to spend a great deal of research on my own to understand some fundamental concepts which could have been covered better in the book (ex. variable scoping within tests). This book is not only good but it's complete.A number of other books i've read around the world of Rails do not cover more complex concepts behind associations and testing (!!!!). Michael's writings here not only show how to connect the dots of rails (mvc+more) but the app he builds is interesting and from the start you are doing TDD.I bought this book and read it after already having experience with Rails and still found it super useful. I've also passed emails with Michael when i had questions -- he was super responsive and all around just a really nice guy.
What do You think about Ruby On Rails 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example (2010)?
The best programming book I've picked up since "Programming Perl" (the Camel Book).
—Lyfo0007
Read it in two days - gives you the basics, fast and clean.
—preeti
By far the best book for learning Ruby on Rails. Bar none.
—2shay24
