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O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Re: O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Post by miguelpais »

For that price you can usually just buy the real book brand new from the new & used section of amazon.com. I've been saving some good money with that. If you just be careful with the feedback ratings and not really trust the lowest price you will probably get a real new book as advertised and save some good money.

Re: O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Post by ryanwaggoner »

gila wrote: post #3

I can never bring myself to buy ebooks it just isn't worth it to read on a screen I hate it. This is tempting but it still seems like a waste. Print is always better than digital in my opinion though I haven't tried a kindle yet.

Haven't tried many technical books yet, but the Kindle is incredible. Highly recommended if you read a lot.

Re: O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Post by Skeuomorph »

gila wrote: post #3

I can never bring myself to buy ebooks it just isn't worth it to read on a screen I hate it. This is tempting but it still seems like a waste. Print is always better than digital in my opinion though I haven't tried a kindle yet.

Go with the full size Kindle for comfortable reading of PDFs.

Re: O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Post by dzlobin »

gila wrote: post #3

I can never bring myself to buy ebooks it just isn't worth it to read on a screen I hate it. This is tempting but it still seems like a waste. Print is always better than digital in my opinion though I haven't tried a kindle yet.

It's 11 dollars used on amazon, I'm going to opt for that one instead. I am fully with you on ebooks, reading books on screen isn't pleasurable for me at all.

edit: amazon has it for 8 dollars for the kindle( which can be read on am iphone if you're so inclined)

Re: O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Post by Dylanfm »

dzlobin wrote: post #8

Can anyone comment on whether this book would be a better purchase compared to Cooper's Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430223634/ref=pd_luc_sbs_0...

This book is really good. I had read the Pickaxe before I picked this one up, so I'm not sure whether it's a good introductory book for Ruby. I haven't read Beginning Ruby either, so I can't compare. Nonetheless, if you're going to be working with Ruby I definitely recommend getting this book at some point. Why not now when it's cheap?

Re: O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time)

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Post by dzlobin »

Dylanfm wrote: post #9
dzlobin wrote: post #8

Can anyone comment on whether this book would be a better purchase compared to Cooper's Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430223634/ref=pd_luc_sbs_0...

This book is really good. I had read the Pickaxe before I picked this one up, so I'm not sure whether it's a good introductory book for Ruby. I haven't read Beginning Ruby either, so I can't compare. Nonetheless, if you're going to be working with Ruby I definitely recommend getting this book at some point. Why not now when it's cheap?

True, I was drawn to beginning ruby because it covered web application development and frameworks( both to an extent)
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