Rails for PHP Developers

by Oreilly & Associates Inc

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• ASIN: B001E3XMG6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for web development, May 27, 2008

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Matthew Weier OPhinney "Software Architect" (Richmond, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rails for PHP Developers (Pragmatic Programmers) (Paperback)

This book is not only an excellent guide to Ruby and Rails for PHP developers, it is, quite simply, an excellent resource on professional web development. It offers insight into how to properly manage a product and customer expectations, from the planning stages to site delivery. I cannot recommend this book enough.

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5.0 out of 5 stars *The* Rails book to get if you're a PHP developer, May 15, 2008

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Michael A. Alderete (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rails for PHP Developers (Pragmatic Programmers) (Paperback)

This is one of the first practical books to be published that is entirely Rails 2.0 focused, but its real strength is in the terrific, direct comparisons to how to accomplish the same tasks in PHP. By directly linking specific features, functions, and other programmatic process in PHP to Rails, this book lets you learn something new (Rails) by revealing the similarities (and differences) with something you already know (PHP).

The author is clearly an expert PHP programmer, and while you will certainly come away with an appreciation for the elegance and parsimony of Ruby the programming language and Rails the web application framework, the book is by no means "down on PHP." Indeed, I learned a couple of PHP tricks, that let me do a few (simple) Rails-like patterns in PHP.

In all, this is a terrific book, and if you're a PHP developer interested in learning about Rails, this book is *the* way to do it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Book, November 30, 2009

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Machuga "Machuga" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rails for PHP Developers (Pragmatic Programmers) (Paperback)

Coming from a PHP background, this book makes it very simple to understand the Rails mentality and idioms behind the framework and Ruby itself. I really enjoyed the author's style and the way he brings up techniques. The flaw I've found is that there are small editing oversights, such as a variable name mistyped in one spot, but not another. Overall a great book which I highly recommend!