Advanced Rails

The one thing I really love about being a subscriber of Oreilly’s Safari is that I get to read the latest books without going broke. Naturally, I was delighted when Advance Rails by Brad Ediger.

As the title suggests, it covers the “advanced” topics. I never really understood what made a topic advanced, but as far as I’m concerned, it just means that topics haven’t been covered in other books. By my definition, this book isn’t so advanced. If you’re a regular subscriber to the forums and the mailing lists, then you’d be aware of all the topics covered by this book.

Rather than being a tutorial that spoon feeds, this book is more like a guide that gives high-level overview and directs to where you need to look. I almost forgot that I was reading a book, not a blog. It’s also not shy about assuming the fact that the readers already know Rails.

I’m not sure if I’d recommend this book if you had to pay money for it. I got this feeling that the book was rushed, but then again, that’s usually the case for computer books these days.

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