# Book Recommendation for Somewhat Experienced Rails Programmer

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 18, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464 "2008-07-18T21:51:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/1 "2008-07-18T21:51:59Z")

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Hi all,

I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I’ve relied on  
“Agile Web D. with Rails” and “Rails Recipes”. I’ve noticed  
there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and many  
seem to cover similar topics. Can anyone shed some light on how they  
stack up? Any particular recommendations?

Thanks!

Bob

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**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/2 "2008-07-18T21:54:55Z")

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The Rails Way is probably the place to go next.

Ruby for Rails is a nice book to help you build your Ruby skills though  
it  
may be a little outdated… it’s still an awesome book.

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**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/3 "2008-07-18T22:03:06Z")

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> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, bob [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
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> > I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I’ve relied on  
> > “Agile Web D. with Rails” and “Rails Recipes”. I’ve  
> > noticed  
> > there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and  
> > many  
> > seem to cover similar topics. Can anyone shed some light on how  
> > they  
> > stack up? Any particular recommendations?
> 
> Get “The Rails Way”.
> 
> Only one word comes to mind after having read this book, “coverage”.

For me it was “hernia”. 😉

But it is worth the weight.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/4 "2008-07-18T21:57:50Z")

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM, bob [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I am in the process of learning rails, and so far I’ve relied on  
> “Agile Web D. with Rails” and “Rails Recipes”. I’ve noticed  
> there are are couple of more advanced rails books on amazon, and many  
> seem to cover similar topics. Can anyone shed some light on how they  
> stack up? Any particular recommendations?

Get “The Rails Way”.

Only one word comes to mind after having read this book, “coverage”.

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/5 "2008-07-18T23:02:57Z")

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Pardee, Roy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> For me it was “hernia”. 😉
> 
> But it is worth the weight.

Try and think of it as “web developer” exercise, a book that is both  
for the mind and the body 🙂

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/6 "2008-07-19T04:14:23Z")

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I also bought The Rails Way a few weeks ago and find it a great  
complement to AWDR. The only deficiency I’ve found is that the index  
is pretty sparse. But I’ve found it to be the kind of book where  
you’re more likely to find what you need from the ToC.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/7 "2008-07-19T00:47:21Z")

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Thanks for all the input. I’ll give it a shot.

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**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-recommendation-for-somewhat-experienced-rails-programmer/143464/8 "2008-07-19T04:59:24Z")

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Hmm, I guess that wouldn’t be too big of a problem. Thanks for the  
info