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Title: Great Introduction, hard for reference
Review: I enjoyed Dave Thomas' "Programming Ruby" which provided a great tutorial of the Ruby language and and excellent rundown of the language itself, topped off by a useful API reference section.His "Rails" book is light by comparison. Its a great tutorial, but rather incomplete about the Rails framework in general. I have difficulty using the book as a reference for my particular project and problems. The API is available on-line, but doesn't give the insight for someone still learning Rails.I wish the book had more information and advice on developing more robust applications, and working with more complex data.
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