As for me, I would recommend learning ruby before rails. http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby http://www.pragprog.com/titles/achbd/the-rspec-book http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ppmetr/metaprogramming-ruby
Read those three, let Rails 3 bake a bit longer use a lighter (better) framework http://www.sinatrarb.com/ On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Ken Hudson 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
