Ask HN: What are best online resources to learn Ruby on Rails?

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by ofca • 15 years ago

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ethyreal• 15 years ago

I've found peepcode and rails casts of be extremely helpful.

http://peepcode.com/

http://railscasts.com/

For a total beginner check out meet rails on peepcode:

http://peepcode.com/products/meet-rails-3-i

I think its like 12 bucks, but its worth twice that easy! It's fast pace, won't put you to sleep like most video tutorials. Good stuff!

Then after the basics, if you need info on a specific topic often Ryan Bates at RailsCast has covered it at least once. Most of his RailsCasts are free, but recently he started doing procasts which are top notch as well.

cmer• 15 years ago

Ruby-toolbox.com is a great website to find gems. Many of these gems are probably great to learn from as well. Using gems might be slightly more advanced that where you are now but this website should come handy shortly.

dholowiski• 15 years ago

I'll second http://railscasts.com - but by far the way I learned the most about rails has been http://google.com (seriously)

ssylee• 15 years ago

I find this quite interesting (not listed so far): http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/

BadassFractal• 15 years ago

Michael Hartl's book is available in its entirety online: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book

He's a cool guy, also roams HN from time to time, so you can say hi.

Additionally RailsCasts are helpful on individual topics here and there.

I would strongly recommend the "Rails Test Prescriptions" book, it sets your on the right path to test first everything you do, which works out great!

runjake• 15 years ago

http://railstutorial.com

http://railscast.com

http://peepcode.com (costs $, but the Rails 3 Part 1 & 2 screencasts are worth the $25)

http://rubyonrails.org

http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/ (When you need to improve on the Ruby side of things)

venturebros• 15 years ago

How I am learning it...

For install I found this.. http://www.pmamediagroup.com/2009/04/set-up-ruby-on-rails-an...

To get familiar with the terminal... http://vimeo.com/33631836

And for actual Rails learning... http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book

I went through a little bit of Rails For Zombies but I stopped because I wanted to learn on a project. Once I started working on a beginner project that is when Rails For Zombies clicked. I think it would be a good idea to follow Learn Rails By Example in conjunction with Rails For Zombies.

Also this guy is good too follow to once you have a strong foot hold... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8_VOGj5H8

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