For serious developers only -- but perfect for the right audience
+ Excellent choice
This is exactly what I want from a technical book on a tricky, subtle topic: it is *serious* and does not kid around. If you're new to programming, XML, declarative languages, or regular expressions: this is not the book for you. If you're familar with all those things and want to put a new tool in ...
+ A bit dated but gets right to the point with a useful example. + Great book, BUT...
Positives are speed, depth and brevity. Fully enjoyed the speed with which the book covers the essentials. I did not have difficulty understanding this book maybe because I had read the Rails in Four days tutorial before reading this book. Eventhough it is a very short book, the price is reasonable ...
+ Good Walk-through of Subversion... but, where is Netbeans? + Integration, integration, integration + Good coverage on a popular version control system choice...
The finest review of this book I can give is simply this: I bought the first edition in 1999, the second edition in 2003, the third edition in 2007, and as long as Danny Goodman and O'Reilly keep up the good work, I'll buy the fourth edition in 2011. There is no more indispensible book available ...
+ Good but weak in places. + extremely well balanced review of an emergent gem + Write code for the 21st century + Quick and effective introduction to Ruby
+ This is how technical books should be, a reall page turner + seriously, this is the best technical textbook I've ever read + Great book, wish it was Rails 2.0 + I recommend it
An Excellent and very informative book. Not only does it have a complete list of CSS 2.1 compliant listings, property by property , but practical use and examples that make it easy to understand and apply. You can't beat Amazon's price. I purchased this and "The CSS Anthology" for the same price as ...
There are some core books one should have when working with Ruby and Rails. This is one of them. Many reviews have already been written about this book, some good, some not so good. Regardless, I won't rehash what they said. The two cents I'm throwing in is this: I like the way David explains ...
+ A reference book, not a how-to + from Eric Myer (the man!) comes a must-have for anyone using CSS
I had done some work with style sheets, but was confused bythe terms and had no idea what they can do. This book completely changed what I can do when I design web sites. It'sa real eye-opener and a great reference.
I had learned CSS back in 98, when everything was new, and most of what CSS was MEANT to do just didn't work yet. Move forward 9 years and guess what? It still doesn't! However, this book helped me to expand my CSS understanding and do a lot more cool stuff than I used to be able to do. This is an ...
+ Ruby In A Nutshell + Slightly dated (1st printing) but good "quick" reference.
There isn't much in-depth knowledge I can impart based on this book. It fulfills its demanded function as "A Desktop Quick Reference". It provides a quick reference to the core language features and APIs in a succinct way. On the fly, this book is a great reference. If you are going to be ...
+ Good Walk-through of Subversion... but, where is Netbeans? + Integration, integration, integration + Good coverage on a popular version control system choice...
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