Re: [Rails] Re: What Advice Would You Give A Rails Newbie?

2010-08-13 Thread Iain Davis
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Agoofin thebserv...@gmail.com wrote: I found a couple of good books, Simply Rails 2 by Lenz is my favorite. That was pleasing to me to know; I have a Books24x7 subscription, so I selected (the newest, I think) book on Rails from the selection available to me,

Re: [Rails] Re: What Advice Would You Give A Rails Newbie?

2010-08-13 Thread Peter De Berdt
On 13 Aug 2010, at 21:05, Iain Davis wrote: Judging by your questions about template engines and user management, I'd recommend a more advanced book like The Rails Way. Would you say that The Rails Way would be a good follow up to Lenz's book? I'm about 75% through it, so I should perhaps

[Rails] Re: What Advice Would You Give A Rails Newbie?

2010-08-13 Thread Bob
On Aug 13, 3:16 pm, Peter De Berdt peter.de.be...@pandora.be wrote: On 13 Aug 2010, at 21:05, Iain Davis wrote: Judging by your questions about template engines and user management, I'd recommend a more advanced book like The Rails Way. Would you say that The Rails Way would be a good

[Rails] Re: What Advice Would You Give A Rails Newbie?

2010-08-09 Thread Marnen Laibow-Koser
Chris Mear wrote: On 7 August 2010 19:54, Brad Lindsay brad.lind...@gmail.com wrote: I'm new to Ruby and to Rails, but have been very impressed by the tutorials I've gone through for each. They have convinced me that these are the best tools for the solutions I need to create, but before I

[Rails] Re: What Advice Would You Give A Rails Newbie?

2010-08-09 Thread Agoofin
I found a couple of good books, Simply Rails 2 by Lenz is my favorite. Of course it's for Rails 2. You may have to wait for a while for the new crop of Rails 3 books to come out. Or try to update the examples to work in Rails 3. Judging by your questions about template engines and user