# "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" now out in paperback **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773 "2009-05-12T13:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/1 "2009-05-12T13:43:23Z")
Hello all – I’m delighted to announce that my new book “The Well-Grounded Rubyist” is now available in paperback (and still in PDF, of course). It’s published by Manning, and it’s in stock at the publisher[1] and Amazon[2]. TWGR is a reworking, “repurposing” of my 2006 book “Ruby for Rails”. It’s not “for Rails” this time; it’s Ruby, specifically Ruby 1.9. It’s got lots of new topics, and expansion and updating of everything. Enjoy! And let me know how you like it. David P.S. The cover was redesigned along the way which is why the covers at Manning and Amazon are different at the moment. Same book though 🙂 [1] [The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://manning.com/black2) [2] [http://tinyurl.com/twgramz](http://tinyurl.com/twgramz) ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/2 "2009-05-12T16:11:27Z")
On May 12, 7:42 am, “David A. Black” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Enjoy! And let me know how you like it. > David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC > Ruby/Rails consulting & training:[http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com) > Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist ([The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://manning.com/black2)) > “Ruby 1.9: What You Need To Know” Envycasts with David A. Blackhttp://www.envycasts.com Hi Dave, I’m looking forward to getting TWGR from Amazon. I very much appreciated your RfR and your numerous contributions to the Ruby and Rails newsgroups. I’ve only used 1.9 when I wanted to use both forward- and backward- lookahead. Otherwise it seemed unready for prime time. Do you thing the current release is ready for production projects? Best wishes, Richard Muller ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/3 "2009-05-12T16:16:10Z")
On 12 May 2009, at 12:42, David A. Black wrote: > Enjoy! And let me know how you like it. > > David > > P.S. The cover was redesigned along the way which is why the covers > at Manning and Amazon are different at the moment. Same book > though 🙂 My copy arrived in the post this morning - full marks to Manning for speedy international delivery. Now to find some quiet time to settle down with this and see what new light it sheds on my current understanding of 1.9 🙂 Ellie ## Eleanor McHugh Games With Brains [http://slides.games-with-brains.net](http://slides.games-with-brains.net) raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds\_to? :reason ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/4 "2009-05-12T16:24:24Z")
RichardOnRails wrote: > > – > > David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC > > Ruby/Rails consulting& training:[http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com) > > Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist ([The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://manning.com/black2)) > > “Ruby 1.9: What You Need To Know” Envycasts with David A. Blackhttp://www.envycasts.com > > Hi Dave, > > I’m looking forward to getting TWGR from Amazon. I very much > appreciated your RfR and your numerous contributions to the Ruby and > Rails newsgroups. Thanks! I’ve been a bit less active on the lists lately… though hopefully for reasonable reasons. > I’ve only used 1.9 when I wanted to use both forward- and backward- > lookahead. Otherwise it seemed unready for prime time. Do you thing > the current release is ready for production projects? Yes, though conceivably not for every project. There are definitely still some gem issues, for example. But the forward momentum has picked up a lot lately, and my feeling is that though it’s been a while in the happening, it’s all coming together right about now. Some really worthwhile Ruby 1.9 migration/penetration resources include: [http://www.ruby19orbust.com](http://www.ruby19orbust.com) > **[OPE体育下载, OPE体育电竞, 大辛辛那提OPE体育电竞](http://www.isitruby19.com/)** > > 世界事务理事会, 501 (c) 3非盈利, 是连接世界和美国最具活力的地区之一的桥梁吗. 通过OPE体育下载, 国际交流, 以及文化意识倡议, 该委员会加强了辛辛那提和北肯塔基州的国际身份，并让个人参与外交事务. David ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/5 "2009-05-12T16:29:42Z")
2009/5/12 David A. Black [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > I’m delighted to announce that my new book “The Well-Grounded Rubyist” > is now available in paperback (and still in PDF, of course). It’s published > by Manning, and it’s in stock at the publisher[1] and Amazon[2]. Congratulations! I believe people will make good use of the book. > TWGR is a reworking, “repurposing” of my 2006 book “Ruby for Rails”. > It’s not “for Rails” this time; it’s Ruby, specifically Ruby 1.9. It’s > got lots of new topics, and expansion and updating of everything. > > Enjoy! And let me know how you like it. I am eagerly looking forward to the “real thing” (hardware). 🙂 Kind regards robert ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/6 "2009-05-13T07:36:02Z")
On May 12, 10:23 am, “David A. Black” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > got lots of new topics, and expansion and updating of everything. > > > Rails newsgroups. > > up a lot lately, and my feeling is that though it’s been a while in the > > Ruby/Rails consulting & training:[http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com) > > Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist ([The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://manning.com/black2)) > > “Ruby 1.9: What You Need To Know” Envycasts with David A. Blackhttp://www.envycasts.com Thanks, David ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/7 "2009-05-12T16:37:57Z")
On 12 May 2009, at 15:23, David A. Black wrote: > RichardOnRails wrote: > > > I’ve only used 1.9 when I wanted to use both forward- and backward- > > lookahead. Otherwise it seemed unready for prime time. Do you thing > > the current release is ready for production projects? > > Yes, though conceivably not for every project. There are definitely > still some gem issues, for example. But the forward momentum has > picked up a lot lately, and my feeling is that though it’s been a > while in the happening, it’s all coming together right about now. I have to admit I’ve only made the switch myself in the last month or so, prompted in part by a talk I’m preparing where I don’t want to be seen as a luddite (even if I secretly am one lol) and the increasing utility of MacRuby. Ellie ## Eleanor McHugh Games With Brains [http://slides.games-with-brains.net](http://slides.games-with-brains.net) raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds\_to? :reason ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/8 "2009-05-16T15:06:07Z")
Hi – On Thu, 14 May 2009, Joshua C. wrote: > David, > > I took a look at the Table of Contents and the book looks great! I have a > question though – does your book walk you through building a program with > everything learned? Not all in one program. It’s more a sequential set of topics, with examples purpose-written for each topic. David ---
**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-well-grounded-rubyist-now-out-in-paperback/167773/9 "2009-05-14T08:49:28Z")
David, I took a look at the Table of Contents and the book looks great! I have a question though – does your book walk you through building a program with everything learned? Oh, I love it that you dedicate a whole chapter to Reg Expressions! The book I am reading now on devoted a small section … not nearly enough! Thanks, Joshua C. On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:35 AM, RichardOnRails \<