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![]() | Learn to Program, Second Edition (The Facets of Ruby Series) by Chris Pine Buy new: $14.29 / Used from: $8.15 If you've never done any programming, start here. A great intro book into concepts and it uses Ruby to boot. |
![]() | Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition by Sam Ruby Buy used from: $3.59 The Bible for getting started with Rails. |
![]() | The Well-Grounded Rubyist by David A. Black Buy new: $29.54 / Used from: $24.49 A new version of a very good book, Ruby for Rails, which bridges the gap between Ruby and Rails. |
![]() | Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (Facets of Ruby) by Dave Thomas Buy new: $31.33 / Used from: $14.99 The defacto reference on Ruby itself. |
![]() | Best of Ruby Quiz (Pragmatic Programmers) by James Edward Gray II Buy used from: $0.35 Ruby Quiz is an awesome way to learn Ruby. They are little challenges that help you learn. Much of this content is available for free online but book is still nice to have. |
![]() | CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric A. Meyer Buy new: $28.49 / Used from: $13.84 Pretty good guide for CSS, which is an essential tool. |
![]() | HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide (6th Edition) by Chuck Musciano Buy new: $30.42 / Used from: $12.16 HTML mastery is absolutely required of just about any web developer. |
![]() | The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks by Rachel Andrew Buy new: $25.55 / Used from: $6.43 I've heard this is a good intro CSS/HTML book. |
![]() | Rails Recipes (Pragmatic Programmers) by Chad Fowler Buy new: $21.64 / Used from: $0.01 Gives neat little "recipes" for how to get certain common tasks done. |
![]() | Advanced Rails Recipes by Mike Clark Buy new: $32.44 / Used from: $0.93 More advanced recipes. |
![]() | Rails Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) by Rob Orsini Buy new: $26.25 / Used from: $0.26 Similar to the Pragmatic book. |
![]() | Ruby Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) by Lucas Carlson Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $11.99 Non rails-specific recipes that are nice to have for learning. |
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