There’s a new book on its way from David A. Black specifically aimed at those folks who are learning Ruby by using Rails. It’s titled Ruby for Rails: Ruby techniques for Rails developers and is slated for arrival in the spring.
One of the neat things about Rails is that you don’t really need to know much Ruby to get started. The way that Rails leverages idiomatic Ruby, it’s not unusual for people to think that Rails itself is a language, and it many ways, it is. There are, in fact, two things to learn when adopting Rails: the framework and the language. Due to Rails’ popularity, most folks end up learning the former before they have a complete grasp of the latter. This book is aimed at those folks.
So, if like me, your first exposure to the wonderful world of Ruby was through Rails, this book is sure to please. I’m looking forward to it.
