Roy Pardee wrote: > Sazima's exactly right. When you're getting your "sea legs", ignore > what the cool kids are doing and just learn the basics of the platform.
Sure. OTOH, don't take this as license to not learn the usual idioms in the field. > Get yourself a book, install the version of rails it covers, dig in & > write an application or two. I *really* am not sure that Rails books are worth it, since the framework changes so fast. (But there's always the guides.) > > Once you've got some experience under your belt you'll know what seems > like unnecessary pain to you, and can start to explore the different > tweaks and add-ons. Yes. Rails generally makes it very clear when you shouldn't be doing something. > > That's my plan anyway. ;-) Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
