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Book:   Ruby on Rails: Up and Running
Subject:   Disappointing
Date:   2007-08-14 20:01:21
From:   Alex
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

I understand this was a light 'quick' start to Ruby on Rails, but this book was not worth my time or money. This is RoR, right? It's exciting & sexy. Everyone has seen David Hansson's "Creating a weblog in 15 minutes" presentation--this book made ASP look like fun.


I was hoping for a quick and exciting read for people who are used to web application programming with some sort of MVC framework. What I got was a choppy, boring, and mechanical 130 pages that walked through one example several times. It felt like this book was hastily written to cash in on the new wave of Ruby on Rails books.


...and then there are the numerous errors in the examples...

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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