{"id":2967,"date":"2013-06-21T13:18:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T17:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2013-06-21T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T13:25:40","slug":"ruby-rails-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/ruby-rails-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby on Rails Reading List (kind of)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A student from RailsBridge<\/a> NYC asked me for a reading list. Rather than focus on Ruby or Rails, I broadened the topic to software writing and writers I look to for inspiration. Here’s my reply:<\/p>\n

The best book on Ruby language is the The Well-Grounded Rubyist<\/a>\"\" by David Black. The Ruby documentation is pretty handy, especially the API pages http:\/\/ruby-doc.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For the Rails framework I dive into code and rely on google searches of Stack Overflow Q&A’s<\/a> and the rails docs http:\/\/api.rubyonrails.org\/<\/a> for answers to specific questions I run into.<\/p>\n

For developer practice, I’ve been reading James Shore (The Art of Agile Development<\/a>\"\"), Diana Larsen (Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams & Projects<\/a>\"\") and Jean Tabaka (Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders<\/a>\"\")<\/p>\n

For inspiration, I love The Existential Pleasures of Engineering<\/a>\"\" by Samuel Florman and To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design<\/a>\"\" by Henry Petroski.<\/p>\n

Thought leaders who helped shape my values as a developer, product person and development manager are Jeff Sutherland<\/a>, Ken Schwaber<\/a>, Bob Martin<\/a>, and Steve McConnell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For online training resources, my team and I are using RailsCast<\/a>, ThoughtBot<\/a>, RubyTapas<\/a>, Code School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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