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Mini Book Review: Ruby Best Practices

Posted: August 1st, 2009 | Author: Jerod | Filed under: Ruby | Tags: , | View Comments

I just finished reading Gregory Brown’s “Ruby Best Practices” (RBP). I could probably write a book about this book, but I hate long book reviews so I’ll try to keep this short.

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Railscasts Contest Winner!(ish)

Posted: May 14th, 2008 | Author: Jerod | Filed under: Meta | Tags: , | Comments Off

They say that second place is the first loser, but not in Ryan Bates’ most recent Railscasts Contest where all 10 winners were handsomely (handsome? Stop I’m blushing!) rewarded.

Even my humble 6th place nod was given $25 to Amazon and $50 to the Pragmatic Bookshelf! Yea, yea.

I know what you’re wondering. Which books did I choose? After much internal debate, I decided on Advanced Rails Recipes and The Rails Way.

They should be delivered by Friday!