In fact, "The Well Grounded Rubyist" is a "reworking" of "Ruby for Rails". The author mentions this relationship between the books in his "about this book" section at the beginning of "The Well Grounded Rubyist".
I found Ruby for Rails very helpful when I was getting started. It helped separate Rails "magic" from the underlying language aspects in a way that most other books did not.
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His previous book Ruby for Rails is just as good an introduction to Ruby.
In fact, "The Well Grounded Rubyist" is a "reworking" of "Ruby for Rails". The author mentions this relationship between the books in his "about this book" section at the beginning of "The Well Grounded Rubyist".
I found Ruby for Rails very helpful when I was getting started. It helped separate Rails "magic" from the underlying language aspects in a way that most other books did not.