Product Overview
Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications
About the Author
Patrick Lenz has been developing web applications for ten years. Founder and lead developer of the freshmeat.net software portal, he and his Rails consultancy and application development company, limited overload, were responsible for a major relaunch of eins.de, Germany’s biggest infotainment community, which is now one of the most popular Ruby on Rails sites in Europe.
Patrick lives in Wiesbaden, Germany, with his wife Alice and his daughter Gwendolyn. When not working in front of a computer, he can often be seen with a camera in his hand, either taking artsy pictures or documenting the progress of his baby girl conquering the world. He also enjoys cars, music, and extended weekend brunches with friends.
His weblog can be found at poocs.net.
About the Expert Reviewer
Luke Redpath is a programmer with over seven years’ experience in the web design and development field. A recovering PHP and ASP developer, Luke has been using Ruby and Rails professionally for nearly two years and has released and contributed to several Ruby libraries and Rails plugins, including UJS — the Rails unobtrusive JavaScript plugin. He currently resides in North London, UK with his long-term partner Julie.
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Customer Reviews
Live, unmoderated reviews from our customers, typos and all.
Excellent book. Very details.
K. Leung, USA 
Overall I have really enjoyed the book and found the information useful to get a good overall understanding of the RoR platform.
Christopher Bauer, USA 
I found the book well written and easy to follow.
john Canning, USA 
i havn't finished in completly.. i liked it, worth for personal delf
vips, USA
Good book with an easy to understand introduction in Ruby on Rails.
I liked it, thanks!
Ekkehard, Austria, USA
Very good book that details building a fun application from scratch. Well written and easy to follow!
Kevin, USA
Great gentle introduction to Ruby and Rails. I loved it and read it cover to cover.
Thembile, USA
I thought the book did a very good job of explaining the basics and bringing the beginner quickly up to speed with RoR. I liked the book.
Robert -- NYC, USA
Very Good!
Is the best Ruby on Rails book!
Thanks!
Hugo Leonardo Canalli, USA
Book was well written and organized. The flow was easy to understand and very helpful.
Bryan Allred, USA
I've just started reading, but seems to be a great book!
Luiz Viana, USA
Excellent book! Easy to read and the directions were all accurate.
E. L. Perry, USA
I am not one for writing reviews, but I did enjoy this book. It was very informative, and it explained everything where I could understand it. I am new to Ruby so this book helped a great deal.
Corey DeBot, USA
I'm reading this book by now. My fisrt feeling is: good and interesting
triumxml, USA
Product Details
| Edition: |
1st |
| Price: | $39.95 |
| Pages: | 447 |
| ISBN: | 0-9758419-5-5 |
| Last Updated: | January 2007 |
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