Jason, Yes, that was a VERY helpful email; goes in my important bookmarks.
Thank You! Scott On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Jason King <[email protected]> wrote: > First, welcome. > > Regarding resources, I still recommend the seminal Rails book, Agile Web > Development with Rails: http://is.gd/bsAtb Then I'd also recommend the > Rails guides: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ and the best place there to > start, although I don't think it is linked to from anywhere, is: > http://guides.rubyonrails.org/2_3_release_notes.html > > There are also a lot of useful walkthroughs, tutorials and stuff on > Peepcode: http://peepcode.com/ And if you could do with a great Ruby > tune-up then this: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ is a great way to do it > (and yes, the book *is* worth the extra). > > Now, word of warning: you happen to have arrived during what is probably > the biggest transition Rails has had since it was released, from Rails2 to > Rails3. > > Rails3 has just seen it's 3rd beta release, and with only about 60 > currently outstanding bugs it could be as close as a few weeks away from > RC1. > > Meanwhile, virtually all the resources available are going to be for > Rails2.3 (the current stable release is 2.3.5). There are already some beta > books out for Rails3 like > http://is.gd/bsAq6<http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails-4th-edition> > and > a lot of blogging about new features, so be aware of this, and be sure > you're looking at the right materials. > > Last but not least, the full Rails API is available locally on any machine > you've installed Rails on through the ri tool, also browsable (along with > the docs of any other gems you have installed) by running `gem server` from > the command prompt and hitting http://localhost:8808/, and also online at > http://api.rubyonrails.org/ It might take a bit of time to get used to > them (none of those three are particularly great formats) - but there's a > lot of information in a very condensed form. > > I should also mention http://sdruby.org/podcast > > Ok, deep breath, that was an unusually helpful mail from me. I think my > wife spiked my coffee with happy beans this morning. > > Regards, > Jason > > On Apr 12, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Paul L wrote: > > My name is Paul and my question is: > What resources are available to learn Ruby on Rails? > > Browsed books at Borders has helped and reading Head First Rails seems > like a a good introduction. It is project based and very engaging. > > Practical Rails Plugins by Apress is interesting, but installing > plugins is frustrating because of SVN versus GIT. > > Messing around with PHP and developing some apps in ActionScript, has > been valuable, but it's no formal degree in Computer Science. > > I look forward to meeting everyone at the next meeting =) > > Paul > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > -- Scott Smith With privilege comes responsibility, with responsibility comes accountability, with accountability comes honesty, with honesty comes faithfulness. -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
