Is the Book also for newbeeeeeeees?

Hi,
i am not familiar about Ruby and Rails, except that i have seen some topics talking about Ruby. So my Question is: "Could this Book be a chance for some newbe like me to learn about Ruby and Rails from scrach? If so i will be Happy to read it if i am Lucky enough to win a copy:-)

Regards and big up for Writting the Book

Mickael

the editorial review on amazon says that the book is for "Ruby and Rails developers seeking to create compelling business intelligence and reporting solutions using a wide variety of applications and services", so I believe that the answer to your question is no. We should of course wait for David to answer.
[ February 06, 2008: Message edited by: Alaa Nassef ]

Actually, Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails is an intermediate level book: it assumes some knowledge of both Ruby and Ruby on Rails. The parts of Rails particularly relevant to reporting - aggregate functions, for example - are covered, but the basics of setting up Ruby and Rails - or, for that matter, MySQL - is not.

However, I can recommend Beginning Ruby - another Apress title - for anyone wishing to learn Ruby on Rails.

Take it easy,

David Berube