Ask HN: I need a paid rails tutor

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6164487

by capex • 13 years ago

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Hi HN, I am a hobby developer with an idea. I need someone who can teach me how to build my idea in Rails. So far, I've gone through Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl, and still have no idea how to go about building a real world app.

Anyone having the time to help me?

applecore• 13 years ago

You're in luck! One Month Rails teaches you how to build your idea while you learn to code:

https://onemonthrails.com

anthonys• 13 years ago

If he's finished Michael Hartl's tutorial, I think he's already past One Month Rails (It references Michael Hartl as a "what's next" item).

That said, potentially seeing a different application (A Pinterest clone) might help understand the differences and therefore the foundations of an application.

capex4• 13 years ago

For a different perspective, I am now following teamtreehouse rails app tutorials, to build a facebook style app. They make easy work of building a simple app as there are no tests written, and quite a bit of hand-holding. I guess One Month Rails does something similar, but at this stage I need a bit of one-on-one help.

DanielN• 13 years ago

Put your email in you profile under about or drop me a line.

capex4• 13 years ago

Thanks, sending you an email and updated my profile to include email.

WestCoastJustin2• 13 years ago

When I first started with rails I went through Michael Hartl tutorial too. I found it great for teaching me the syntax and the workflow. In future projects, I just planned out what features I'd need and then searched http://railscasts.com/ for episodes which did what I wanted. There are over 400 and a great starting point! The only way to really learn programming is by trail and error. The more things you try the better you'll get. The best $9/month you'll spend! I would normally have the episodes open while working on my project, and just pause/play as I went through.

capex4• 13 years ago

Railscasts is fantastic. That's what I am using to learn Devise and other devious gems.

capex4• 13 years ago

@WestCoastJustin, I am not able to plan the app. How do I create a database for restaurant menus, where I need to differentiate eat-in and takeaway prices, substitutions, additions and subtractions in an item etc.

swanson• 13 years ago

Why not book a few hours with Michael directly? http://anyfu.com/mhartl

rahilsondhi• 13 years ago

Try airpair.com

Ask HN: I need a paid rails tutor

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