Ruby in a Nutshell .. worth it?

Hal Fulton's new book "The Ruby Way" #2 is absolutely excellent. I got lucky and got a copy of it at rubyconf and from my reading so far it is a must have book for any ruby programmer.

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On Oct 24, 2006, at 4:55 AM, EB wrote:

Hi,

I know this is somewhat out-dated, but is it worth getting?

I have Programming Ruby, and the Ruby Cookbook, but they all
require some digging through to find info quickly.

Isn't a new version of Ruby around the corner? Should I wait
on the Nutshell book? It seems the Nutshell book would be a
good way to browse what functions/classes are available.

Comments/suggestions?

Thanks,
eb

Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:

    Hal Fulton's new book "The Ruby Way" #2 is absolutely excellent. I got lucky and got a copy of it at rubyconf and from my reading so far it is a must have book for any ruby programmer.

Thanks for the kind remarks, Ezra...

Let's talk in email sometime about that coding idea.

Someone else expressed an interest... I think it was
Kevin Williams? (Kevin, are you reading?)

Cheers,
Hal

        Hal Fulton's new book "The Ruby Way" #2 is absolutely excellent. I
got lucky and got a copy of it at rubyconf and from my reading so far
it is a must have book for any ruby programmer.

I have version 1 of this. I like it better than Pickaxe, the Nutshell
book, or even the much-beloved tome of chunky bacon. But if I already
have version 1, is version 2 worth picking up?

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Hal Fulton wrote:

Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:

    Hal Fulton's new book "The Ruby Way" #2 is absolutely excellent.
I got lucky and got a copy of it at rubyconf and from my reading so
far it is a must have book for any ruby programmer.

Thanks for the kind remarks, Ezra...

Let's talk in email sometime about that coding idea.

Someone else expressed an interest... I think it was
Kevin Williams? (Kevin, are you reading?)

Cheers,
Hal

Lucky indeed ... I just went to Addison-Wesley and the book is not yet
available for ordering. :frowning:

BAH!

EB wrote:

I was just looking for your book on amazon, 2nd edition is coming out
today according to them. The reviews for the first edition are impressive.

I was wondering if there are any sample chapters available to view on-line?
Preferably of the 2nd edition.

Odd... I thought there was one at Amazon and/or awprofessional.com --
but I see there isn't. I'll check with my editor.

Even the TOC seems to be chopped off. Surely that's an error.

Hal