# Ruby Cookbook review

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-cookbook-review/80122>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 21, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-cookbook-review/80122 "2006-12-21T16:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/splattael)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-cookbook-review/80122/1 "2006-12-21T16:20:31Z")

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Hello,

A few days ago there was a request for the review of the RC. I guess I  
am kind of late to the party, but since I promised I will post it here  
when I am ready, here we go:

[http://www.rubyrailways.com/book-review-ruby-cookbook/](http://www.rubyrailways.com/book-review-ruby-cookbook/)

Cheers,  
Peter

\_\_  
[http://www.rubyrailways.com](http://www.rubyrailways.com)

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**Author:** ![splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/splattael)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-cookbook-review/80122/2 "2006-12-21T17:22:45Z")

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On 12/21/06, Peter S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> A few days ago there was a request for the review of the RC. I guess I  
> am kind of late to the party, but since I promised I will post it here  
> when I am ready, here we go:
> 
> [http://www.rubyrailways.com/book-review-ruby-cookbook/](http://www.rubyrailways.com/book-review-ruby-cookbook/)

That was me Peter. Good write up too. I liked how you factored in  
the other A-list Ruby books, and in particular where you described  
the niche for Ruby Cookbook right here:

“After reading these books I wanted to jump into writing some cool  
stuff - Ruby seemed to be so elegant, easy, succinct - and to my  
greatest surprise, I could not write too much sensible code 🙂 (at  
least not without referring to these books and/or google and/or  
ruby-talk more frequently that I considered o.k. to call it  
programming on my own).”

This pretty much captured my mindset - “I like this Ruby thing, but now  
I want  
to _Do Stuff_”.

Excellent in-depth review. The depth matters in the context of this  
book I think,  
more-so than many of the general books.

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**Author:** ![splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/splattael)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-cookbook-review/80122/3 "2006-12-21T21:11:36Z")

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Richard C. wrote:

> That was me Peter. Good write up too. I liked how you factored in  
> This pretty much captured my mindset - “I like this Ruby thing, but now  
> I want  
> to _Do Stuff_”.
> 
> Excellent in-depth review. The depth matters in the context of this  
> book I think,  
> more-so than many of the general books.

I am glad you liked it. The biggest problem for me with book reviews  
(and blog posts in general) is to keep them short (I absolutely  
understand why pascal wrote “I would have written a shorter letter, but  
I did not have the time.”) since a lot of readers are whining about the  
length (OK, sometimes with reason 🙂 I have never ever heard anybody  
complaining about the shortness, though 🙂 On the other hand, not  
everything can be said in a short post. In this case I really had to  
restrain myself since the cookbook has so much more goodies that I did  
not even mention…

Cheers,  
Peter

\_\_  
[http://www.rubyrailways.com](http://www.rubyrailways.com)