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Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers - http://www.manning.com/black/
By David A. Black; Manning Publications, 2006, ISBN 1932394699. Shows what one is doing when writing Rails Web applications, and how Ruby methods expand limits of what can be done in Rails. |
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Agile Web Development with Rails - http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails2/
By Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, James Duncan Davidson, Justin Gehtland, Andreas Schwarz; The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006, ISBN 9780977616633. First definitive guide to developing with Rails; Jolt-award winner. |
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Rails Cookbook - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527310/
By Rob Orsini; O'Reilly Media, 2007, ISBN 9780596527310. From basics (install Rails, set up development environment), to latest techniques (developing RESTful web services). Each recipe has tested solution, treatment of how and why it works. |
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RailsSpace - http://www.railsspace.com/
Official site. Code updates, free: introduction; chapter 2, 5, 6 screencasts; chapter 15 download. Link to Safari Books download. Free copy for non-profit work. |
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Ruby on Rails for Dummies - http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/Ruby-on-Rails-For-Dummies.productCd-0470081201.html
By Barry Burd; Wiley Publishing, 2007, ISBN 9780470081204. Introduction to build Web and database applications fast via Ruby scripting language and Rails framework. |