# RoR book for beginner

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-book-for-beginner/58802 "2006-04-26T01:32:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dany\_Wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Dany\_Wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dany_Wu)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-book-for-beginner/58802/1 "2006-04-26T01:32:25Z")

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Hi folks,

I see there are two books recommended on the RoR website. As usual I  
would like  
some recommendation from users on this matter.

I am currently a .NET developer and familiar with a few languages  
outside of  
.NET. Which one of these books would be suitable for me to get started  
with  
end-to-end development? Or can someone perhaps recommend a different  
book they  
found useful?

Many thanks,  
Dany.

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**Author:** ![Dany\_Wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Dany\_Wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dany_Wu)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-book-for-beginner/58802/2 "2006-04-26T01:41:36Z")

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Hi Dany ~

First Read:

[http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html](http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html)

I recommend:

[http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr\_rr/index.html](http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_rr/index.html)

~Ben

On 4/25/06, Dany Wu [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Many thanks,  
> Dany.
> 
> * * *
> 
> Rails mailing list  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

–  
Ben R.  
[http://www.benr75.com](http://www.benr75.com)

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**Author:** ![Dany\_Wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Dany\_Wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dany_Wu)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-book-for-beginner/58802/3 "2006-04-26T02:39:27Z")

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Dany Wu wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I see there are two books recommended on the RoR website. As usual I  
> would like  
> some recommendation from users on this matter.
> 
> I am currently a .NET developer and familiar with a few languages  
> outside of  
> .NET. Which one of these books would be suitable for me to get started  
> with  
> end-to-end development? Or can someone perhaps recommend a different  
> book they  
> found useful?
> 
> Many thanks,  
> Dany.

Dany, you might also want to take a look at David Black’s recently  
released Ruby for Rails (R4R) book along with the PragProg book. I would  
recommend them both. R4R maybe a little bit verbose for people who  
already know Rails, but for beginners I believe it is an excellent  
introduction to Rails along with very informative treatment of the Ruby  
language from specifically the Rails framework perspective. It will  
definitely help you with some of the Ruby magic that the Rails  
developers have used to create this wonderful framework.

> **[Ruby for Rails](https://www.manning.com/books/ruby-for-rails?new=true&experiment=A)**
>
> NEWER EDITION AVAILABLE
> 
> The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition is now available. An eBook of the previous edition, The Well-Grounded Rubyist is included at no additional cost when you buy the revised edition! 
> 
> 
> Ruby for Rails helps Rails...

There are two chapters available free of charge. You should definitely  
look into it.

HTH,

Amr

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-book-for-beginner/58802/4 "2006-04-26T04:33:16Z")

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Quoting A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> > with  
> > already know Rails, but for beginners I believe it is an excellent  
> > introduction to Rails along with very informative treatment of the Ruby  
> > language from specifically the Rails framework perspective. It will  
> > definitely help you with some of the Ruby magic that the Rails  
> > developers have used to create this wonderful framework.
> 
> [Ruby for Rails](http://www.manning.com/black/)
> 
> There are two chapters available free of charge. You should definitely  
> look into it.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I would probably quite like a  
fairly  
verbose book to start with. Ruby seems to be fairly loose syntactically  
(if  
there is such a word?) so a fairly firm guide is needed to start with  
:o)

I also kept hearing about difficulties in finding Rails hosting out  
there. Have  
anyone else found this to be the case in commercial/free hosting  
options? other  
than running your own server that is…

Cheers,  
D.