Thursday January 31, 2008

How do you get up to speed on Rails and Grails quickly? What's the best way to learn Rails and Grails and satisfy one of my New Year's Resolutions (read more) at the same time? Books:
- Getting Started with Grails
- Rails for Java Developers
- Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects: Bringing Ruby on Rails to Java
- Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java
- Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer
- Groovy in Action
Thanks to connections with publishers, I was able to get PDFs of most of these for free. The only ones I paid for were the beta books (Groovy Recipes and Programming Groovy) from the Pragmatic Programmers. I doubt I'll read them all, but I've had fun so far.
I polished off Getting Started with Grails in a few hours. I expect to finish Rails for Java Developers this week. I used to hate reading PDFs, but I've enjoyed reading these books. A 30" monitor might have something to do with it.
After honing my Grails and Rails knowledge, I hope to become a GWT and Flex Ninja. For those GWT and Flex experts out there, what are the best books for those technologies? By "best", I mean the most advanced and up-to-date.
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