When Getting Real – 37 Signals’ bible to developing Web applications in a quick, practical, non bureaucratic manner – was released, I bought it immediately. It’s filled with great insights, and I learned a lot. Now that I’m actually building a Ruby on Rails Web application from scratch (more on this soon), I am re-reading it, and making sure I follow much of the advice. There’s now a free online version available, if you can’t afford the $19.
Seth Godin had this to say about it:
“Every once in a while, a book comes out of left field that changes just about everything. This is one of those books. Ignore it at your peril.”