Ask HN: What's the best website to learn Ruby on Rails

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by dglassan • 15 years ago

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I've been programming with PHP for about 2.5 years now and just picked up the codeigniter framework so I have an understanding of MVC.

I'd like to learn ruby/rails to add another language under my belt and I'd like to know what sites you guys recommend for familiarizing myself.

Should I focus on learning ruby first and then pick up rails? Or would I be able to understand ruby on rails since I'm familiar with MVC design patterns?

trollhammeren• 15 years ago

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book is what I use. Another one which you might wanna use is: http://railsforzombies.org/ but I'd advice you to learn by making some small project. That's the best way

mshe• 15 years ago

Here's two posts that you might find helpful.

Getting Your Machine Setup for Ruby on Rails Development: http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/getting-setup-for-ruby-o...

Then, check out this solid list of resources to help guide you as you learn: http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/resources-for-getting-st...

Good luck :)

clyfe• 15 years ago

I learned rails a long time ago from http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with... (I learned from the 1st edition)

These days there are also:

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/

http://railscasts.com/

YuriNiyazov• 15 years ago

I think learning ruby and rails at the same time is a mistake. Make sure you have a good grasp of the language first, because Rails uses advanced features of the language extensively.

gexla2• 15 years ago

I make my bread as a PHP developer myself. If you are looking for another scripting language to learn then these days you might be better off going with Javascript with Node.js. This would give you the opportunity to get an early start on a platform with a big future and get more practice with Javascript, great language to be fluent with.

taylorbuley2• 15 years ago

I have been spending my free time in JavaScript for these reasons. In addition to many wonderful server-side JS improvements to come (in Node, that is), there are many client-side improvements (IndexedDB, localStorage, etc.) that I anticipate will blow the lid off of the current JS scene.

dglassan• 15 years ago

I guess I just haven't been able to comprehend the usefulness of what node.js does and the potential it has. I'm planning on moving back to the bay area soon and I've heard that developers with ruby skills have not had a hard time at all getting job offers. My thinking was that having an understanding of PHP and ruby would be a pretty good combo for a backend developer but I guess learning JavaScript with node.js would give me some front end experience as well

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