# Open source rails 2 books **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 8, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416 "2009-08-08T10:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/1 "2009-08-08T10:17:26Z")
Hello, where can I find open source rails 2 books? Thank you in advance. Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/2 "2009-08-08T10:24:59Z")
Fla As wrote: > Hello, > where can I find open source rails 2 books? > > Thank you in advance. > > Cheers, Go and buy the pdf AWDWR > **[Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers](https://pragprog.com)** > > We improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn with us. Your software has cost you nothing, putting your hand in your pocket to find £15 ish is a no brainer and the best purchase you’ll ever make. Otherwise go and google Ryan B. Rails casts and see what others in here recommend but AWDWR is my Rails bible along with the pickaxe book on Ruby (But that is for later :-)) ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/3 "2009-08-08T15:55:30Z")
James W. wrote: […] > Go and buy the pdf AWDWR > [Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers](http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition) I suspect the OP knows about AWDWR – he was looking for open-source books. > Your software has cost you nothing, putting your hand in your pocket to > find £15 ish is a no brainer and the best purchase you’ll ever make. Why is it a no-brainer? It’s not like the money goes to support the Rails core team. > Otherwise go and google Ryan B. Rails casts and see what others in > here recommend Yesyesyes. Railscasts (and ASCIIcasts) freakin’ rock! > but AWDWR is my Rails bible I understand that it’s very good. Just by way of comparison, though, I am an experienced Rails developer who’s never read a single commercial Rails book (aside from leafing through a couple in the bookstore). Depending on your learning style, it _may_ be feasible. > along with the pickaxe book > on Ruby (But that is for later :-)) No! The pickaxe book is _not_ “for later”. To use Rails effectively, it is _essential_ to have a good basic understanding of how Ruby works. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/4 "2009-08-08T17:10:41Z")
Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > James W. wrote: > […] > > > Go and buy the pdf AWDWR > > [Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers](http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition) > > I suspect the OP knows about AWDWR – he was looking for open-source > books. > > > Your software has cost you nothing, putting your hand in your pocket to > > find £15 ish is a no brainer and the best purchase you’ll ever make. > > Why is it a no-brainer? It’s not like the money goes to support the > Rails core team. AWDWR is a no brainer because I learned more about Rails in 1 week than I did in 3 months of looking at resources on the net and I find myself answering the same questions over and over again that are covered in the book. If the info was so easily found the questions would not be asked. It’s also pretty up to date. > > Otherwise go and google Ryan B. Rails casts and see what others in > > here recommend > > Yesyesyes. Railscasts (and ASCIIcasts) freakin’ rock! > > > but AWDWR is my Rails bible > > I understand that it’s very good. Just by way of comparison, though, I > am an experienced Rails developer who’s never read a single commercial > Rails book (aside from leafing through a couple in the bookstore). > Depending on your learning style, it _may_ be feasible. I have not come accross anyone that has had the latet book onthat regrets doing so. Have you got it? > > along with the pickaxe book > > on Ruby (But that is for later :-)) > > No! The pickaxe book is _not_ “for later”. To use Rails effectively, > it is _essential_ to have a good basic understanding of how Ruby works. Let me qualify that It is most definitely for later if you have the AWDWR book. A newbie to Rails never mind a newbie to development has enough to get their head round and AWDWR teaches you 90% of what you need to know to write a professional application in RoR.'s essential, and it’s for later if you have the AWDWR book > ## Best, > > Marnen Laibow-Koser > [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/5 "2009-08-08T19:51:33Z")
James W. wrote: > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > > > Why is it a no-brainer? It’s not like the money goes to support the > > Rails core team. > > AWDWR is recommended reading on the Rails website. > […] > David Heinemeier H. is the creator of > the Rails framework. I got confused about the authorship somehow – I didn’t think DHH was involved. > Can’t think of a better way of learning Rails than by learning from the > guys that know what they are doing Me, I’d rather write code than read books, particularly when the books are about a framework that changes so fast that the books go out of date as soon as they’re published. But yeah, from everything I’ve heard, if you’re going to read one Rails book, that’s the one. > > ## Best, > > > > Marnen Laibow-Koser > > [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/6 "2009-08-08T17:35:24Z")
Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Why is it a no-brainer? It’s not like the money goes to support the > Rails core team. AWDWR is recommended reading on the Rails website. Quote from the publishers The Pragmatic Bookshelf Sam Ruby is a prominent software developer who has made significant contributions to many of the Apache Software Foundation’s open source software projects, and to the standardization of web feeds via his involvement with the Atom web feed standard and the popular Feed Validator web service. He currently holds a Senior Technical Staff Member position in the Emerging Technologies Group of IBM. As one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, Dave T. understands agility. As the author of Programming Ruby, he understands Ruby and how to describe writing Ruby applications. David Heinemeier H. is the creator of the Rails framework. Can’t think of a better way of learning Rails than by learning from the guys that know what they are doing > ## Best, > > Marnen Laibow-Koser > [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/7 "2009-08-08T20:36:47Z")
Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > James W. wrote: > > > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > > > > > Why is it a no-brainer? It’s not like the money goes to support the > > > Rails core team. > > > > AWDWR is recommended reading on the Rails website. > > […] > > David Heinemeier H. is the creator of > > the Rails framework. > > I got confused about the authorship somehow – I didn’t think DHH was > involved. > > > Can’t think of a better way of learning Rails than by learning from the > > guys that know what they are doing > > Me, I’d rather write code than read books, particularly when the books > are about a framework that changes so fast that the books go out of date > as soon as they’re published. You might have gathered that I’m a big fan of AWDWR and it’s precisely for this reason that I love the book becaue it builds a whole application and you code as you read. But it goes a lot further than that. It covers everything in quite a lot of detail from how to get your code into source control, how to write tests, security, deployments, advanced techniques as well as chapters that delve into the depths of each of the packs. Plus, as things change in Rails you get free updates to the book (At least I did whilst the book was in BETA) and Sam promised me that they would #ook into my suggestion for a subscription type of option, for those who wish to keep up with events after the book was released but don’t want to go through the whole depot and blog apps again. Sorry to rant on about this book but I was in exactly the same situation as the OP when I asked exactly the same question on another forum and someone pointed me in the direction of AWDWR and I’m so glad that I took the advice. 🙂 > But yeah, from everything I’ve heard, if you’re going to read one Rails > book, that’s the one. > > > > ## Best, > > > > > > Marnen Laibow-Koser > > > [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open-source-rails-2-books/173416/8 "2009-08-12T11:02:35Z")
Thank you for the tips.