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| Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition | 
| Authors: Dave Thomas, David Hansson, Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, James Duncan Davidson, Justin Gehtland, Andreas Schwarz
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 23753
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 720
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0977616630
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.117
EAN: 9780977616633
ASIN: 0977616630
Publication Date: December 14, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Book - But Wait to Buy July 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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, GO FOR IT!
seriously, this is the best technical textbook I've ever read June 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 knowledge that I'm able to arrive at in programming in Ruby language. The book does not insult the reader and while it challenges the reader doesn't over challenge or overwhelm any point. I can only recommend it for my particular demographic of rails newbies, but I think this book will work very well for anyone else who might be more familiar with Ruby and the rails framework.
 Great book, wish it was Rails 2.0 May 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a great intro to Rails, very readable and easy to understand. It also seems fairly comprehensive. The only downside to this book is that it's not Rails 2.0, so a number of the examples are outdated or don't work with the latest versions of Rails (there were significant changes). I was taking a class in Ruby on Rails, and since we were using Rails 2.0, we had to get "The Rails Way" which covers Rails 2.0 but sucks in comparison to this book. "The Rails Way" is a good book for learning Rails if you already know Rails.
I recommend it May 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love the framework, the Agile philosophy and I love how the book is structured: straightforward, practical, easy to follow, programmer-oriented.
I truly recommend it for anyone willing to begin in the Rails universe.
 Don't buy this book May 7, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
It does not reflect the current state of Rails at this time. A new version is supposed to come out in October 2008 that covers 2.0. If you get this version you will need to switch to an older version of Rails, otherwise you'll only get about 68 pages in before the examples stop working.
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