On Jun 9, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Daniel Käsmayr wrote:
Since I am not really up-to-date with my programming skills (I would like to pick up ruby and ruby on rails… any good pointers for reading?) I have no solution yet, but I am willing to help out.
Ok, I guess a bit off topic, but I would recommend the "pickaxe" book (aka "programming ruby") and the "agile development with rails" from the pragmatic programmers (http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/shopsite_sc/ store/html/index.html).
I strongly recommend ordering directly from them. This way you have the option of getting just a pdf version if you prefer, and most importantly almost all your money goes directly to the authors. And they are really good in their service. (at least as far as my experience with them goes) You get the pdf version within 15 minutes of placing your order.
Of course a place to start is the old (free,online) version of the book which can be found here: http://rubycentral.com/
Though the new version is enhanced in a number of considerable ways.
Haris