David Heinemeier Hansson

David Thomas

Leon Breedt

Provides information on creating Web-based applications.

Agile Web Development with Rails

Sam Ruby

Provides information on creating Web-based applications with Rails 3.2 and Ruby 1.9 and each of the examples has been tested with Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.2, and 1.9.3.

Dave Konopka

The extended example (>50% of the book) is not worth the read if you've ever done anything with Rails. Good for anybody looking for an intro to Rails.

Provides information on creating Web-based applications with Rails 4 and Ruby 2, covering such topics as HTTP authentication, validation and unit testing, cart creation, Ajax, caching, migrations, and plugins.

Agile Web Development with Rails 4

Dave Thomas

In this updated edition of the Jolt Award-winning book, users are shown a new approach to Web development using Rails 2, making this the most up-to-date and authoritative Rails book out there.