The OpenEdge Hive

The discussion at www.oehive.org/node/1327 got a little bit off topic, and went into a discussion about books.

I wrote
"I can't recommend any particular Rails book, sorry. I've never read one. Anybody else?
I can recommend http://safari.oreilly.com/ . They have 19 books with 'rails' in the title."

...and alonb replied
"Actually, I do have a Ruby book, and Rails book and their both from Oreilly. But they're also both just on Ruby. Nothing much about Rails, frameworks, patterns etc.

I order about 2 books almost every month (notice I didn't say read 2 books every month :)) and it's actually very hard to find good books. Written by people with real experience and insights and that are also clear and make for an easy read. Finding a good book can easily replace 6 other books on the same subject.

I like "for Dummies" far more then Oreilly (in most cases. Oreilly books tend to be very dry), "Missing Manuals" series are also very good but there are lots of exceptional books that stand out on their own. The worst ones so far are the Progress Docs :) (it's even clearer now that I have employees that use the docs to learn). I'm always looking for book recommendations. Let's start a book corner :)"

I know there are a lot of us here who like to learn about good books. Like Alon, I go through lots of books, but find that only one out of a half dozen or so really stick with me as ones that helped a lot. It's nice to learn about books that other people have found helpful, and that's what this Group and Forum is all about.