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PeepCode Reviews

“PeepCode is awesome!” Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media

“These things are fantastic and the price is a steal. I strongly urge you to support this effort and buy the episodes. What a terrific way to learn!” Scott Barron, Rails Core Committer

“[The] git PeepCode book is awesome. Congrats on a job very well done. This should be required reading for all git users.” Jamis Buck, Rails Core Alumnus

“It was refreshing to read about git from the bottom up, and not compared to SVN. I was at the stage where I could do most of the basic tasks I used to do in SVN, but lacked a fundamental understanding of how it was working under the hood...Understanding all those concepts really helped me grok why the higher level commands and workflows work the way they do, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls.” James, in blog comment

“Even if you are not planning to write a Rails plugin, you should absolutely check this book, there are great insights about how Rails works and you will figure out that building a plugin is as easy as anything in Ruby, it’s just a matter of knowing where to place your code.” Codevader Blog

“This is really turning out to be the most valuable resource I’ve found so far for Ruby on Rails instruction. The Rails from Scratch screencasts are alone worth bookmarking.” Paper Bits blog

“Your products are great. They have helped me get up to speed with RSpec and Git, quickly!” Bryan Stewart, Student

“Cody Fauser's ActiveMerchant PDF from PeepCode was invaluable in giving me a start to integration.” Robin Fisher

“This screencast reinforces my fondness for screencasts, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to get started with Git. Grosenbach explains and demonstrates the Git fundamentals clearly, and he points out ways to streamline one's workflow in Git.” LinuxWorld.com

“Thanks for the outstanding work on the Plugin Patterns piece. This has bumped up my efficiency and knowledge tremendously. Looking forward to the next one! ” David Baldwin

“In the past I looked elsewhere for free sources, but now I'm realizing how much time I wasted. I couldn't be happier with the content and the execution. You definitely have a new customer.” Nolan Meyers

“The Peepcode on Plugin Patterns is the best I've seen in a while.” Pat Nakajima

“Bought the [Plugin Patterns] PeepCode PDF...and I gotta say I'm loving it. It's very well written, and you explain complicated nasty stuff with nice simple examples.” Chris O'Sullivan

“PeepCode really helped me set the tone and level of abstraction of my tests -- crucial things to get right.” Ian Dees

“This is a great ebook on a great resource...For all serious charging Rails projects, this is a must-read.” Simon, in blog comment

“The PeepCode PDFs are concise and offer a good middle ground giving you EXACTLY what you need without filling up space with fluff but at the same time being thorough.” Wilfredo Crespo

“I just purchased your Capistrano screencast. It was my first deploy on Rails and I was determined to do it right. The screencast saved me hours of time.” Ted Esler

“Thank you for producing such great screencasts and books. They've really helped me understand Rails better.” Branislav Drzik

“They are top quality screencasts, straighforward material...I just saw the Rspec Stories one and I really enjoy it. I was already into BDD, but this really got me closer to be 100% BDD-man.” Lucas Florio, IT Solutions Developer

“I'm very impressed with the site. It is the first time I've forked out for something that isn't dead-tree.” Max Russell

“Thanks again for your screencasts they are extremely helpful. I just picked up the new Rails Way book by Obie Fernandez which has a great chapter dedicated to RSpec. Your screencasts along with the Rails Way RSpec reference have convinced me to switch to RSpec. Keep up the good work! ” Sean Dougherty, Developer

“I find your products perhaps the best way to extend my learning; they are focused, and they are much more up-to-date than old-school paper books, simply because of the fast pace of industry change. Those facts make them very cost-effective.” Gregor Jovanovich

“I think the Git movie is your best one yet. Keep up the excellent work!” Sam Granieri

“The screencast helped me understand the ways in which Git improves on Subversion, and also that you don’t have to give up Subversion entirely to reap the benefits of Git — Git will happily work with a Subversion repository.” Drew McCormack

“Ryan's PDF is an excellent reference to quickly guide you [through] the most significant changes in the Rails framework. I give it two thumbs up for it's ease of use and information, and with a price tag of only $9 - you can't go wrong!” Michael Behan

“[PeepCode has] helped me a lot while learning Rails, so much so that often a screencast is worth quite a lot of hours of reading books or searching around for examples. It's normally during a screencast that I get the 'I've got it moment' where everything makes sense. ” Anthony Winning

“Thanks for the great resource. I only started developing with Rails at the beginning of this year and I have learned heaps from your site.” Luke Cunningham, Designer/Developer

“This kind of learning really works for me, and a good amount of content is covered in each episode. I felt a little strange paying for a screencast, but after buying 3, I feel it's been money well spent!” Thomas, developer

“I make all the web developers I know and work with watch your Javascript with Prototype screencast. It's slowly helping to heal a generation of developers who directly associate Javascript with pain and suffering. I liked Javascript after I started using Prototype about a year ago. I *love* Javascript after watching your screencast.” remi Taylor, Developer

“I'm a relatively new Rails developer and have to thank you guys for the outstanding content on your web site. Having nearly worn out my copy of "Agile Web Development with Rails" I felt like there were many over-arching areas of Rails application design that just weren't covered, especially with regard to writing more elegant, lightweight code and overall application structure. Your PDFs and screencasts are the magic potion I've been missing, so thanks to all of you for putting this information out there (and at a reasonable price to boot).” Chris McCann, Developer and Air Force Test Pilot

“Thanks for putting out great products. I haven't regretted once purchasing my 10 pack subscription.” Jamie Phelps

“I love the idea [of RSpec] but haven't really been able to make it work for me, but being able to look over your shoulder while you worked the process helped tremendously. I think my BDD issues were all about workflow because I would skip around and not actually write the tests first, then struggle with the API when I did.” Jeff Whitmire, Grockit

“Thanks for doing the RSpec series. I've been curious about BDD for a long time and your explanation's the best I've seen.” Miles Forrest

“I've been using PeepCode for my own learning and found your screencasts a real time saver. They also offer little gems of information that I haven't picked up out there on the web.” Rob Worley

“Well done! It's nice how Rails makes it easy to divide powerful lessons into small texts. Like Getting Real [by 37signals], this one takes you a long way.” Michael Schwab

“I love your episodes, even though I had a solid understanding of Rails before watching any, I've still learned alot. And the Prototype Javascript episode is responsible for me diving into Javascript for the first time in years.” Matthew Swasey

“Your screencasts are absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for making such a quality product and making it so affordable!” Matthew Erker, developer

“Your videos are awesome. It really opened my eyes to Prototype and Javascript.” Sean Bryant, developer

“You guys make some incredible screencasts. I'm a very visual learner, and watching somebody do something is the best way for me to get my head around it. Keep up the good work.” David Grandinetti, developer

“It's not often that I am excited about spending money. I've even managed to convince myself that I don't need an iPhone, but I find myself checking several times a day for the new PeepCode screencasts and the opportunity to spend another nine dollars.” Phil Peterman, Traffic Engineering, eMarketSouth

“I just started programming about six months ago and I've peeled through a lot of books and other materials in that time. Nothing has been as helpful to me as PeepCode.” Neil Rahilly

“I just finished up both of the Rails from Scratch screencasts, and they were simply awesome! I learned more from these 2 screencasts than I did with 3 of the popular Rails books.” Cory Perry

“PeepCode is just plain awesome. I spent about an hour earlier today watching the 'RESTful Rails' video, and am walking away with a rather different view of REST than I had before.” Michael Gorsuch, Sysadmin, Fog Creek Software

“The content itself is very well explained and goes into great detail covering a huge area of the subject. Javascript has always been the part of web development that I disliked. Prototype helped hugely to make it easy to work with, but this screencast has really made me look at javascript in a new light and give up the 'cut' and 'paste' style of old.” Stephen Bartholomew

“This [Javascript with Prototype.js] video is worth watching! I highly recommend it to beginners and intermediate Prototypers, plus: Even if English is not your native language (like in my case) the speaker talks slow and understandable which makes it easy to follow. Good recording and audio quality. Thumbs up!” Kjell Bublitz, in blog comment

“I watched some of the Prototype PeepCode last night and I have to say that this one has been the most informative PeepCode, at least for me. I'm learning a ton!” Richard Luther, developer

“Good work as always. I didn't realize how awesome Prototype was.” Jay Contonio, developer

“These screencasts are very high quality at a very good price. It's like having a veteran rails developer mentor you on a topic that would be rather hard to document in a book. I found the RESTful Rails and Test-First Development for Rails the ones the most useful so far but all of them have been very useful.” ProductCritic Blog

“These screencasts are amazing! The TDD one has a lot of tips which helped me to go deep in this interesting Test-First world! Before watching this I haven't realized how to write tests FIRST in Rails apps. Long live PeepCode!” Arthur Zapparoli

“I've ordered every PeepCode so far, but I have to say that this Capistrano one is truly great. Watching it on the iPod on the NYC subway has never been better.” Nathan Verni, Developer

“I lack superlatives for PeepCode. This is the only non-free "documentation project" on this list but it definitely belongs here. PeepCode gives you a lot of value for money with screencasts, cheatsheets and working code for you to jump start your understanding of Rails. Geoffrey deserves an Oscar for this.” Pinupgeek Blog

“The format works really well for tutorials as you can follow along by simple pausing every 30 seconds or so and typing in the examples as you can go...This really lets you follow along at your own pace. The other nice thing was that all of the code typed in actually worked.” Ed Gibbs, Software Developer

“A week or so ago I downloaded the PeepCode Screencast on Test First Development. It was the first really clear example on Test Driven Development I’d seen and it helped clear up a lot of questions I’d had about it.” Mark Carey on the Kognitive Jelly Blog

“I've never seen a screencast as well made as the PeepCode screencasts. They are easy to follow even if advanced topics are covered.” Christoph Budzinski, Developer

“That screencast is worth its weight in gold.” SmickSmack Blog

“Also highly recommended is PeepCode, where in return for a small amount of money you get about an hour of video with the amazingly productive Geoffrey Grosenbach teaching you one-on-one about various aspects of Rails.” John Topley, Developer

“The Peepcode screencasts are a great watch.” Joel Moss, blogger

“Your excellent tutorials make me a better Ruby on Rails coder and are well worth the money.” Sam Granieri, Developer

“Thank you for the Capistrano screencast as it put a lot of things into perspective and really helped grasp the concepts. I think I've learned Rails faster from your screencasts than all the books I have combined. ” Jon Baer, Developer

“For someone like me that knows how to do a lot of front end stuff, but isn’t much of a programmer that is exactly the type of instruction I need to pick up new things and understand how they work.” Kyle Bradshaw, Developer

“What a fantastic idea! I highly recommend this service – excellent quality, quite effective and reasonably priced.” Slicehost Blog

“I don’t know how you keep doing it, but your PeepCode series is phenomenal. Even though I’m mostly versed in the topics you have presented, I find that your unique way of tutoring/teaching allows me to learn even more.” Bryan Liles, Developer

“I purchased the [screencast] for RESTful rails, and wanted to let you know it was totally worth more to me than $9! You have a quality product, and I learned a much more in less time than if I would have tried to scour the web and try to understand it! The presentation was very clear and well organized!” Tim Harper, Sr. Software Engineer

“This really is a great introduction to RJS. I’ve been playing around with it for a while, but your screencast had lots I hadn’t seen before. Looking forward to the next one!” Comment on blog

“I was mightily impressed…I would highly recommend this screencast even if you’re already familiar with RJS because you’ll definitely learn a new trick or two. Congratulations to Geoffrey on a job well done.” Cody Fauser, Author of RJS Templates for Rails