Beginning Ruby – Finished!

I just wrapped up the book and felt the need for quick post.

First of all the book is fantastic. It is well written and the examples were well though out. I didn’t go through every single example, but I read every one. My estimate is that I did 85% of the examples and of that 85% I was able to get 90% of them to work. The ones I didn’t get to work I’m chalking it up to using an old version of the book on a fresh install of Ruby and Ruby on Rails.

Second point. The author, Peter Cooper, has been of more help than I would have dreamed possible. If I got stuck on something, I tweeted it or posted an entry here. Usually in seconds I had a response from Peter. I think there might be 5 of him. 

I’m going to move on to a Ruby on Rails book now. Probably this one.

If you are trying to figure out what book to buy to learn Ruby I really recommend that you pick up Peter’s book.