jumping on this a bit late, but: paul, the #1 resource i would recommend to an absolute beginner is david black's book Ruby For Rails: http://www.manning.com/black/
-n On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Ken Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > Also welcome! > I would also add http://railscasts.com/. Ryan Bates has a lot of really > good videos on his site. > Ken > > On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Jason King 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 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 > > http://www.nealstreetdesign.com > http://www.shareastronomy.com > > > > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
