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Ruby on Rails: Up and Running |
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disappointing |
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2007-07-17 18:27:58 |
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Anonymous Reader
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This book has promise in chapter one, but the lack of a glossary, along with too much "we'll get to this later" eliminates the possibility of it being a true starter guide. What's worse is that the code, for some reason, does not always work. So that means that a true beginner could not really just trust that everything will be revealed. Debugging is impossible.
It seems to introduce a lot of the basic concepts well enough, but all of the eggs are in the photo share application basket, which did not work for me. I am still very interested in learning rails, but I will be choosing another source after doing some more research this time.
I heard that someone else was offered a refund. I would love that, and it would increase the possibility of my buying an O'Reilly Book.
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"If you've learned Ruby and you're ready to take the next step to Rails, this is definitely a decent choice for a quick immersion without wading through 900 pages of technical reference."
--Thomas "Duffbert" Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings
