# Would you recommend some books about Ruby on Rails? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 22, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-you-recommend-some-books-about-ruby-on-rails/189041 "2010-05-22T22:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodchoi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-you-recommend-some-books-about-ruby-on-rails/189041/1 "2010-05-22T22:23:47Z")
Hi everybody~ Vey nice to meet you on this group. I’m a only web service planner operating a site " [http://topics.co.kr/categories?q=iphone](http://topics.co.kr/categories?q=iphone) " developed by Ruby-on-Rails engineers through payment. But I’m trying to do study Ruby on Rails by myself from now on. By the way, some engineers in my country South Korea said the only book translated in Korean has wrong exercises now because Ruby on Rails is not any more version 1.x. So I should buy a book composed by exercise including exercises with version 2.x. First of all I hope this book [[http://amzn.to/bshhvk](http://amzn.to/bshhvk) ] is like so(above) but I’m not sure. And then I hope you great engineers will recommend an appropriate book to me, a beginner. Thank you geeks. ---
**Author:** ![goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodchoi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-you-recommend-some-books-about-ruby-on-rails/189041/2 "2010-05-23T00:41:53Z")
Hi goodchoi, On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:21 AM, goodchoi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi everybody~ > Vey nice to meet you on this group. Welcome! By the way, some engineers in my country South Korea said the only book > translated in Korean has wrong exercises now because Ruby on Rails is not > any more version 1.x. > > So I should buy a book composed by exercise including exercises with > version 2.x. > > First of all I hope this book [[http://amzn.to/bshhvk](http://amzn.to/bshhvk) ] is like > so(above) but I’m not sure. Your english seems very good. With respect to books, the first 2 that belong on your bookshelf are “Agile Web D. with Rails” and “Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide”. I don’t know if either are available in Korean, but Google Chrome may be of some assistance to you with it’s built-in translation capabilities. The first edition of Programming Ruby is available online at [http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby](http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby) Best regards, Bill ---
**Author:** ![goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodchoi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-you-recommend-some-books-about-ruby-on-rails/189041/3 "2010-05-23T16:38:44Z")
The best book on learning Rails that I have ever read is “Simply Rails 2” published by Sitepoint ([Jump Start Rails | SitePoint Premium](http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails2/)? historicredirect=rails1 ). It is laid out in a very good way and it’s the only book where I went through all the examples. Later on I would recommend “The Rails Way” -[http://www.rubyinside.com/](http://www.rubyinside.com/) the-rails-way-by-obie-fernandez-679.html It goes into great detail about Rails. Remember that Rails 3.0 is just around the corner as well which is a bit different from 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodchoi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-you-recommend-some-books-about-ruby-on-rails/189041/4 "2010-05-23T21:13:16Z")
I would recommend things by: The Pragmatic Bookshelf > **[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. Check out the Agile Web D. With Rails… ---
**Author:** ![goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@goodchoi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodchoi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/would-you-recommend-some-books-about-ruby-on-rails/189041/5 "2010-05-24T04:30:03Z")
goodchoi wrote: > Hi everybody~ > Vey nice to meet you on this group. > > I’m a only web service planner operating a site " > [http://topics.co.kr/categories?q=iphone](http://topics.co.kr/categories?q=iphone) > " developed by Ruby-on-Rails engineers through payment. > > But I’m trying to do study Ruby on Rails by myself from now on. […] I know my viewpoint is in the minority, but I don’t recommend learning Rails from books – the framework changes too fast, and paper book publishing just can’t keep up. Read Programming Ruby (on the Web or on paper), read the Rails Guides, and play around. That’s what worked for me (and I’m now doing high-profile Rails development at a Fortune 100 company). ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid