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kerrizor's review
4.0
This is a tough one. Its a book that is clear and basic, a text for - as the title makes clear - novices... as long as the novices have some other programming exposure, and can deal with the firehose of information. The book oftentimes errs on the side of provide the Complete Information on a topic, along with All The Context - admirable, but for beginners, its just too much. We've been using it alongside Chris Pine's Learning To Program, which may be magnifying its issues.
That said, its a very comprehensive book, with a solid structure and organization to the information presented.. it just sometimes seems to either not know who its been written for (utter novices or programmers who are simply novice at Ruby), or not aware that sometimes when teaching, its ok to only give the student a subset of information about the topic.
3 stars if you're an utter novice
4 stars if you have previous programming language experience
That said, its a very comprehensive book, with a solid structure and organization to the information presented.. it just sometimes seems to either not know who its been written for (utter novices or programmers who are simply novice at Ruby), or not aware that sometimes when teaching, its ok to only give the student a subset of information about the topic.
3 stars if you're an utter novice
4 stars if you have previous programming language experience
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