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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days by Mark Slagell ISBN: 0-672-32252-8 Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 22 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Useful book marred by bad editing and egregious typos
Comment: This book is marred by sloppy editing -- the devil is in the details. A casual reading turned up no less than five places where the meaning of illustrative materials or figures thwarted or contradicted the author's intent (and, in some cases, machine logic!) There is one diagram that was slapped onto the pasteboard and scanned to plate in an obvious hurry -- wiping out the top 8 pts of a 10 on 12 pts line of text. Aside from these pitfalls, the book has a chatty, conversational style guaranteed to drive advanced programmers from other disciplines (C, C++, Perl) up the wall. Since only advanced programmers can recognize the many errors, and only newbies will benefit from the chatty style, I can't really give this more than three stars, even though the author is obviously more proficient than SAMS' slapdash editing would indicate.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Introduction for the New Programmer
Comment: I guess a lot of people come to Ruby with a knowledge of Perl or Java or C++ or some other language, and the other Ruby titles may be better suited for them. My own programming consisted of a smattering of Javascript and Actionscript. Consequently I appreciate this book's careful descriptions and clear and plentiful examples. The book moves fast, has a light tone, and lets the pleasure of Ruby come through. I recommend it, without reservation, as the entryway into Ruby.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book, Great Language!
Comment: Title says it all. It's a decent book and unlike the other reviewer, I did find quite a few minor errors.
This is a good book if you found yourself scared to death of other programming languages. Ruby really takes away the hardest parts of other programming languages, but in turn requires that you memorize literally hundreds of funtions and methods! Because of this it's almost easier to read Ruby then to program it.
All told, I learned a great language, but the 4 instead of 5 stars comes from the fact that the exercises at the end of the chapters were no brainers. 15 minutes of typing for the hardest ones! Maybe I should of used a more advanced book, but admittedly, I purchased the book because of the exercises.
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Title: Making Use of Ruby by Suresh Mahadevan, Suresh Mahadevan, Rashi Gupta, Shweta Bhasin, Madhushree Ganguly, Ashok Appu ISBN: 047121972X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Ruby Way by Hal Fulton ISBN: 0672320835 Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 17 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmer's Guide by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Dave Thomas ISBN: 0201710897 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Ruby In A Nutshell by Yukihiro Matsumoto ISBN: 0596002149 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Ruby Developer's Guide by Robert Feldt, Lyle Johnson, Michael Neumann, Lyle Johnson, Jonothon Ortiz ISBN: 1928994644 Publisher: Syngress Pub. Date: 18 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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