# Ruby and RoR Book Roundup **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779 "2006-03-23T19:42:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/1 "2006-03-23T19:42:19Z")
Hello, I’m a big bookworm, so I decided to round up all the upcoming Ruby books in the market in one big blog post. At my count, there are _sixteen_ books to be released (in print) for the upcoming year, with some available in pdf form right now. Here’s the list: > **[Home](https://robsanheim.com)** > > Just another WordPress site Hope its helpful for fellow book nerds out there! - Rob ---
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/2 "2006-03-23T20:29:33Z")
Wow 16. It’ll be a bit of effort to separate the wheat from the chaff. ---
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/3 "2006-03-25T18:22:53Z")
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 03:42 +0900, Rob S. wrote: > I’m a big bookworm, so I decided to round up all the upcoming Ruby > books in the market in one big blog post. At my count, there are > _sixteen_ books to be released (in print) for the upcoming year, with > some available in pdf form right now. Here’s the list: > > [Home](http://www.robsanheim.com/2006/03/23/ruby-and-ruby-on-rails-book-roundup/) > > Hope its helpful for fellow book nerds out there! I wanted to add my book to the stack. “Ruby Phrasebook” is also being published by Sams and is up on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). The target publishing date is June. In the coming weeks I will announce more details – hopefully, we can get some preview copies out to members of this list. ---
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/4 "2006-03-26T22:04:02Z")
I’m glad to see an increasing proliferation of Rubyish books but was wondering when there will be a Ruby For Dummies. While browsing bookstores the “Dummies” series have become very prominate now in the software field, and the quality of many of them are the antithesis of being for dummies. The recent edition of “Firefox For Dummies” by Blake Ross ([www.blakeross.com](http://www.blakeross.com)), one of the major developers of the Firefox browser, elegantly makes that point, as that edition is highly inciteful and cogently written. Though there are, and will be even more, intelligently written and usesful Ruby books, from just a pure marketing point of view, it would seem a “Ruby For Dummies” would represent somewhat of a tipping point in the mainstreamnig of Ruby, at least in the minds of the publishing community, and make Ruby just that more accessible to the neophyte Joe/Jane to give it a try. Since Ruby has already had the O’Reilly treatment once (“Ruby In A Nutshell” by Matz) can “Ruby For Dummies” be far behind? Anybody know how to make this happen? ---
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/5 "2006-03-27T01:09:08Z")
On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:03 PM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > hat point, as that edition is highly inciteful and cogently written. I hope its not inciteful! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/6 "2006-03-27T01:12:27Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > usesful Ruby books, from just a pure marketing point of view, it > would seem a “Ruby For Dummies” would represent somewhat > of a tipping point in the mainstreamnig of Ruby, at least in the minds > of the publishing community, and make Ruby just that more accessible > to the neophyte Joe/Jane to give it a try. > > Since Ruby has already had the O’Reilly treatment once (“Ruby In A > Nutshell” by Matz) can “Ruby For Dummies” be far behind? > > Anybody know how to make this happen? Just my opinion. I would write that book in four words. Page 1 would say, “Ruby isn’t for dummies.” The rest of the pages would be blank, for taking notes. Cheers, Hal ---
**Author:** ![rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@rsanheim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rsanheim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-ror-book-roundup/55779/7 "2006-03-27T06:18:59Z")
inciteful is the phonetically correct substitute for insightful, when you’re too tired to read your own writing more than once. 😉