Just a quick addition to Jason's email, the new Agile Web Development with Rails (4th edition) was just released in beta this morning:
http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails-4th-edition <http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails-4th-edition>If you're looking to learn Rails 3, this is probably the way to go. James On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Scott Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
