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Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition
by Dave Thomas, David Hansson, Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, James Duncan Davidson, Justin Gehtland, Andreas Schwarz
from Pragmatic Bookshelf

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Third Editiion in Beta
  You can buy this second edition half price ($19.95) from publisher at
  http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails2/agile-web-development-with-rails
  You can also get the third edition in PDF with hard copy to follow for 53.95 at
  http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition
  The publisher says that the release date for the third edition is March 15, 2009.

• This is how technical books should be, a reall page turner
  OK, I'm coming to rails late. I've played with Ruby on and off for about a year. I though it was a bit of a "kitchen sink" language until I got a good kick in the head by Neil Ford.
  So this week I picked up this book (version 2) and I started reading it. It is, as far as technical books go, a page turner.
  It gives a basic overview and the walks through an example as a tutorial.
  I recommend you learn a little Ruby first (not necessary but makes working through the examples more focused on... more info

• Great Book - But Wait to Buy
  This is THE book for Rails. Top notch...only WAIT to buy it. As others have said, there is a new edition coming out soon that covers Rails 2.0. Of course...if you can't wait, go to the publisher's web page. They are selling copies of this edition for 50% off, while supplies last. But, some of the code in this book will not work anymore in Rails 2.0. Still, a great book and well worth it even for a quick introduction to the Rails world while you wait for the new edition. Once it's updated, though, for sure,... more info

• seriously, this is the best technical textbook I've ever read
  Not only is there a great framework to this textbook will introduce you to, but this is written in the perfect balance of interesting style and serious technical content along with compelling example that I've ever seen in any book. I give this book my very highest recommendation and I give the rails framework five stars as well for being an excellent easy to use and very functional framework.
  This book seems to cover everything that I'm interested in and is able to adapt to different levels of... more info

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