1. A quick guide to some prominent Ruby on Rails
learning materials
by Tom Elam, about.me/tomelam
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2. I’ve always felt like a Rails newbie, so please jump in with your observations!
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3. www.ruby-doc.org
Get to know your way around the
primary sources.
Self-confidence, diligence,
persistence, and intelligence!
Understand what you’re doing, at
the very least at a high level!
Start with ruby-lang.org.
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4. There’s a tremendous amount of
poor advice out there!
Be very careful of glib advice!
You are guaranteed to encounter
things that don’t compile some day.
Don’t start too fast. Recovering from
a bad install attempt can cost you!
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5. Some basics
•Make a good choice for an operating system and distribution.
•Take careful notes.
•Read about your specific setup and requirements.
•Keep track of program output, especially errors and sanity checks.
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6. www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby
Ruby in Twenty Minutes
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7. The Ruby
Programming
Language
From:
•The horse
•A renowned programming language book author
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8. 10 Minutes to Your First Ruby
Application (neurogami.com)
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9. Ruby on Rails
APIs
Guides
Screencasts
rubyonrails.org
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10. Many Rails books:
•Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial
•Rails 3 in Action
•Agile Web Development with Rails
•Rails Recipes
•...
All out of date or too bleeding edge!
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