# Head First Rails Book **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 13, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/head-first-rails-book/162717 "2009-03-13T04:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/head-first-rails-book/162717/1 "2009-03-13T04:54:06Z")
I’m going through Rails Space right now, but has anyone heard any good things about this book for a rails beginner? ---
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/head-first-rails-book/162717/2 "2009-03-13T05:57:08Z")
No. On Mar 13, 11:54 am, Zayd C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/head-first-rails-book/162717/3 "2009-03-13T07:51:46Z")
> [@](#): > > RailsSpace is an introductory book, so we don’t assume any knowledge > of the Ruby programming language or of the Rails framework. personally i didn’t read that book, but judging from the above statement (taken from the introduction of this book) it should be ok to get in touch with rails. of course, there are the “standards” like “agile web development”, but why shouldn’t you start with this one. buildung a social network might be a good example (or at least as good as buildung a webshop) to get your hands dirty. why don’t you just tell us about your experience with that book when you’re done with it?