Louis J Scoras wrote:
> On 12/18/06, Richard Conroy <richard.con...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Taking a break from Holiday shopping I found that my local bookstore
>> had this in stock.
>> http://www.amazon.com/Cookbook-Cookbooks-OReilly-Lucas-Carlson/dp/059...

>> I rather liked its examples based approach, which very much suits the
>> way I learn. What do others think of it? Is there a book like it that
>> is better than it?

> Here's another review you might find helpful:
> http://www.urbanpuddle.com/articles/2006/12/15/book-review-ruby-cookbook

> I purchased both the Ruby Cookbook as well as The Ruby Way (2nd Ed).
> Both are pretty similar in style, but I preferred the former.  The
> examples seemed to be more interesting to me.  That said, if your
> still learning ruby, the examples in the latter may be more useful, as
> they seem to map more directly to actual language features.

> Like Pat said, I don't think you'd go wrong with either one.