Top Books on Rails

February 27, 2026 · View on GitHub

Agile Web Development with Rails 7.2 - Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson - 2024 - Build a store app with Rails; Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo, testing, WebSockets.
Ruby on Rails Tutorial - Michael Hartl - 2022 - Learn Rails 7 through three apps; testing, Git, deployment — free online.
Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby - Sandi Metz - 2018 - OOP and design in Ruby; essential for Rails developers.
The Rails 7 Way - Obie Fernandez - 2023 - Comprehensive reference for Rails 7 and the Ruby ecosystem.