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(More customer reviews)The is essentially a programming cook book with recipes centered on social networking functionality. That being said - this is not a "getting started on rails" book; you should have some idea of how to use rails (but you dont have to be an expert).
Here are some of the recipes: developing a CMS, blog with RSS, blog with web services, a forum, photo gallery (probably would have been better if this one had used Amazon's S3), adding tag functionality, creating a mobile version of your site, XFN, ...
Unless you're a broke student debating between this and food, I'd get this book. There are decent examples that are useful to see. It's pretty good considering Amazon's cheap price and considering this is the only book out on Rails related to social networking sites (as of when I wrote this review).
Update: I've now read the other Ruby on Rails Social Network Book: RailsSpace. In my opinion I would get both. However if you have to choose one it would depend both on your skill level and taste. Would you rather have more subjects covered with less material, or would you like less subjects being covered more in depth. If you want more subjects covered and you think you can figure out the extra details, then Practical Rails Social Networking Sites is for you.
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This book ties together the popular framework Ruby on Rails with another hot concept - social networking websites such as MySpace and FaceBook. Social networking is a kingpin of the Web 2.0 revolution sweeping the Internet right now. Due to its versatility, using Ruby on Rails to build and maintain social networking sites is the perfect partnership.This book will be one of the few project-based guides to Ruby on Rails - perfect for programmers that prefer the hands-on method of learning by example.
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