If you're looking at something social network directed, and are ok with a monthly subscription cost, TeamTreehouse.com has rails tutorials that focus on building a social networking site closer to facebook. (The Rails tutorial mentioned by others builds a twitter clone).
On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 12:01:31 AM UTC-7, J. Hardesty wrote: > > I'm sure just the thought of another Social Network site makes you > shudder. Trust me, I have no desire to create the next Facebook. However, I > do have an idea that will fulfill a need in an offbeat niche that isn't > being met. I've tried in the past to pay people to do the work but that > didn't work out. > > Now I find myself unexpectedly unemployed and thus with some time on my > workaholic hands. I do happen to be a programmer by trade, though my "day > job" has kept me out of mainstream programming for a while. I'm overly > familiar with Tcl and I know enough PHP to do some serious damage to > something -- No, seriously. It's like Spanish. I could probably wing my > way through reading it okay but writing it on my own without backup > probably would lead to an International incident. :P > > So, anyway, I saw there was an actual book on Ruby on Rails that was > basically a tutorial with the end result being a basic social networking > site. I like the idea of having something other than "Hello, World" > blinking on my screen. However, reviews indicated it was very out of date > because Rails has had new versions which have caused huge differences > between what's in the book and what's in the current version. I get it. > > So, my question is: Are there any tutorials or books that step-through the > basics and teach RoR in a practical methodology so the end result is > building blocks that the student can clearly apply or even where the end > result is actually a working useful application -- preferably something > like a social network? :P > > I am highly motivated. As I mentioned I have both time on my hands and > what I think is going to be a very popular, possibly profitable idea. If > someone were willing to work with me and teach me, I would be willing to > share in the rewards. > > J > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/508d51f4-547d-4bf4-be00-7c675d345b6f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
