More Ruby Less Rails

Another review for this book uses the perfect word: Wordy!

The book reads like it was written for, either somebody completely new to programming, or somebody who can't read. My gripe isn't so much the content, but how it is presented. I found myself skipping many paragraphs because the author goes over the same thing multiple times, not trusting that the reader got the point the first time around.

I'd give this book 4 stars if it was half as short, and there's no reason it couldn't be. Why not 5 stars? Because the content is, like other reviews say, primarily centered around Ruby, with too little about Rails to comfortably use 'rails' in the title.

It's a good Beginning-Ruby book, and it has some good info about both Ruby and Rails, but I would have preferred getting a book dedicated specifically to Ruby, and another book dedicated specifically to Rails.

Other Reviews

• Teaches Ruby using Rails
• More Ruby Less Rails
• Very weak
• Solid explanations of important concepts
• Disappointed...