HEAD FIRST RAILS

Head First Series

by David Griffiths

Product Condition: No Defects.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Software, Computers, Coding, Technical, Reference

478 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Luis Carlos Cornejo · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Andreas · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading, I think, every ruby on rails book that currently exists, I think that this one is definitively the best one. This book succeeds in that it takes the "magic behind the scenes rules" that exist in ruby on rails and actually ... tells you what the rules are!

This is as opposed to most rails books that basically give you a list of API functions. In stable programming languages, this latter approach is fine, but not in rails, which changes so fast that virtually the moment a book is released, a portion of the code inside of it no longer works.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was initially a bit skeptical about the Head First approach, due to the amount of space taken up with pictures, diagrams, imaginary dialogues between personified concepts and that sort of thing. However, I've found the book both educational and amusing. While it's not getting me through anywhere near as much material as other books like the iconic "camel book" of Perl, I find that I can remember and use what I have learned.

I'm now a fan of the Head First series.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. The Head First series really has this teaching thing figured out.

This book teaches far more than just Rails - I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking knowledge about the View Model Controller architecture, Ajax principles, and REST. I wouldn't have been upset if they explained more about Ruby though.

[Matteo Tomasulo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The basics of rails. If you are looking for a complete reference i advise Agile Web Development with Rails

"Head First" books have a particular way to explain information using a lot of draws, schemas etc.... enjoyable to read.

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haven't finished book.

[Pieter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to Rails. As usual the Head First way is quite different from your average technical book which makes it quite a pleasant read. Didn't go as much in depth as I hoped it would.

[Eric Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book helped improve my Rails vocabulary and taught me some important things I had missed when learning the basics. It is very out of date but still worth the read.

[Nicholas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy shit this line of books is good.