Tag Archives: Rails

Service-oriented Ruby

Service-oriented Design with Ruby and Rails, Paul Dix, 2011 Ruby programmers will learn how to interface with legacy systems, develop web services, and move into the cloud. 250 pages.

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Rework

Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, (- 2010) This book is about how to succeed in business on the web. Put aside your old ways and look at the new. The authors founded 37Signals, and Hansson is the creator … Continue reading

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Rails 3 in a Nutshell

Rails 3 in a Nutshell, Cody Fauser, O’Reilly, 2010 A concise introduction to Rails, an overview of commands and configurations, and a guide to the parts of Rails you’ll be using every day. Read the book-in-progress online here. Sorry, it’s … Continue reading

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Ruby Way

The Ruby Way, 2nd ed. / Hal Fulton, Addison-Wesley, 2007 A cookbook of 400 topics, with lots of example code. 800 pages.

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Ruby on Rails for Dummies

Ruby on Rails for Dummies / by Barry Burd, Wiley, 2007 A chatty, very approachable book. 300 pages.

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Enterprise recipes with Ruby and Rails

Enterprise recipes with Ruby and Rails / Maik Schmidt, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008 You will have noticed that I like the Pragmatic series. From the contents: Implement enterprise-wide security — Process e-commerce payments — Get the most out of databases — … Continue reading

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Ruby Cookbook

Ruby Cookbook / Lucas Carlson, O’Reilly, 2006 This book is useful when you have mastered the basics of Ruby and you want to write some programs. It will help you avoid reinventing the wheel.  Recommended by Matz, 850 pages.

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Agile web development with Rails

Agile web development with Rails : a Pragmatic guide / Dave Thomas, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006 This book is not ‘recent’ but it is the best Rails book in the library. It is very readable and practical, with many examples. 500 … Continue reading

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Ruby by Example

Ruby by Example : concepts and code / by Kevin C. Baird, No Starch Press, 2007 300 pages.

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Beginning Ruby on Rails

Beginning Ruby on Rails / Steven Holzner, Wiley, 2007 An introductory book. Well written, 350 pages.

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