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Simply Rails 2
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Solid introduction to Rails. Good information for noons including a good discussion of object-oriented programing.
Jason Bock, USA 
15 Jan 2012
Ideal intro to Rails. I changed my hosting provider to one which supports Rails and have not looked back.
Adrian Evans, USA 
Having work my way through this book I have to say its excellent at teaching the fundamentals.
Some minor changes with the new versions of Rails around but the forum sorted out most of them.
Really enjoyed it.
Peter.
Peter Nunn, USA
15 Jan 2012
Awesome book. I'm an Electronic Engineer with only embedded C coding experience but it is very readable and perfect pace and style - lots of examples and things to do. My only complain is that is has not been updated to the most recent version of rails. This would make this the best learning book EVE!
Joe Synnott, USA 
The book is easy to read.. Sometime too simple for an experienced programmer, but should suit a wide audience.
Technically, I am having some problems because ruby, gem and rails are a lot farther than the version the book covers. Seems some macro's are different in ruby 1.9.1 than they were in the 1.8.6+ versions - and some gem packages, notably mongrel - don't install properly.
Again, these are technical problems any book will have when version change - however, it makes it much more difficult to get started with something new like Rails.
Just be prepared to work on a PC/Mac rather than a Linux/UNIX platform. There seems to be more support for those forums. And be sure to visit the irc forums he mentions - they people reply and help get problems solved.
p.s. - I'll probably write a second, or update this one, once I get farther than just installing Rails.
Michael Felt, Netherlands
I have been searching for months for a good Rails 2 book, and, at last, I think I have found it. It doesn't start with a 100 page tutorial, but actually takes the time to coherently explain the underlying structure. The diagrams are great -- if anything, the book could use more, e.g., showing the tie between controller actions and views.
If I were to teach a course in Rails -- and I very well might -- this would be the book I'd pick.
Michael Rogers, USA
I've been an admirer of the Rails framework for quite a while, but I never really got around to learning how to use it. A few days ago I finally decided to take the plunge. I needed a book.
Simply Rails 2 is at the time of writing the only book for beginners written with Rails 2.x in mind, so the choice was simple.
I'm very impressed with both the writing and examples in the book. In just two days my understanding of Ruby on Rails has improved a lot, and I already feel like I'm ready to start playing around on my own.
If you're new to Rails, this book is a great introduction. Throughout the whole book you'll be working on one example app. Watching "my" application as it started to blossom was very enjoyable.
H. Lindset, Norway
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Here are some reviews for the previous edition.
Excellent book. Very details.
K. Leung, USA
[written for previous edition]
Finding the book very useful indeed, It has everything you need to get started with Rails.
Thanks very much Patrick
Paul Yendell, Switzerland
[written for previous edition]
Great book to get me started with Rails! RoR Rules!
Geri, Austria
[written for previous edition]
I REALLY really enjoyed this book, and now I feel myself able to write a web application without any hassles. Thank you!
Gizella Lakatos, Hungary
[written for previous edition]
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
[written for previous edition]
I found the book well written and easy to follow.
john Canning, USA
[written for previous edition]
i havn't finished in completly.. i liked it, worth for personal delf
vips, USA
[written for previous edition]
Product Details
| Edition: |
2nd |
| Price (Hard Copy): | $39.95 |
| PDF Price: | $29.95 |
| Pages: | 447 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9804552-0-5 |
| Last Updated: | May 2008 |
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