[LRUG] Learning Rails

[Murray Steele]

You mentioned that you are a bunch of java / php guys so these books from
the Pragmatic Programmers might be useful:

>From Java To Ruby: http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_j2r/from-java-to-ruby
Rails for PHP Developers:
http://pragprog.com/titles/ndphpr/rails-for-php-developers
Rails for Java Developers:
http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_r4j/rails-for-java-developers

Now, I've not read these, so this is not a recommendation (they might be
awful), just pointing out that they exist.  They might be a good way to ease
the transition as they'll presumably focus on the stuff you already know and
what that looks like in Ruby / Rails, rather than assuming nothing and
staring for scratch.

Also worth pointing out is that although the Rails for PHP book is quite
recent, the Rails for Java book is over a year old.  Given the rate of
change in Rails at the moment even the PHP one might be out of date
depending on which version of rails they target.  BTW this comment probably
applies to every rails (not ruby) book out there at the moment.

Hope this helps,

Muz

2008/4/29 Tim Harding <tim.harding at gmail.com>:

> and http://railscasts.com/ is wonderful for rails programming in the
> small. highly recommend it.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:28 AM, wendy <wendy at skillsmatter.com> wrote:
>
> >  And off course Skills Matter runs an excellent Ruby on Rails course,
> > authored by Graeme Mathieson:
> > http://skillsmatter.com/course/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-workshop
> > We can provide some mentoring afterwards too, to help you apply newly
> > learnt concepts within the context of your specific environment and projects
> >
> >
> > Jeremy Hoyland wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Anthony,
> >
> > we don't underestimate the problem -it's just that it's been presented
> > to us as a dictat- as has the timescale. So we need try and get up to
> > speed quickly, ideally within a couple of months. For the moment some of
> > our other work has been turned away to give us time to learn and
> > fortunately people seem pretty motivated so we need to make the most of
> > that.
> >
> > Thanks for the reading list, very helpful, I'll pass it on to the rest
> > of the team. we have some of the books and will get hold of the others.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 10:30 +0100, Anthony Green wrote:
> >
> >
> >  I'd be careful thinking Rails can be learnt 'in short order' or at
> > least
> > without full commitment...
> >
> >  here's MY rough guide to essential material
> >
> > Books:
> > -----
> > Ruby on Rails - Dave Thomas
> > Ruby for Rails - David Black
> > The Rails Way - Obie fernadex
> > The Ruby Way - Hal Fulton
> > Advanced Rails - Ediger
> >
> > Podcasts
> > -------
> > Peepcode
> > RailsCasts
> >
> > Blogs
> > -----
> >   numerous but  start with
> > Err The Blog
> > the { buckblogs :here }
> > The Rails Way
> > has_many :through
> >
> >
> > On 29/4/08 09:57, "Jeremy Hoyland" <jeremy.hoyland at incisivemedia.com> <jeremy.hoyland at incisivemedia.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >  Which brings me to the point -we are a mixed bunch of PHP and Java
> > developers who now need to learn Ruby & Rails in short order. We've
> >
> >
> >  got
> >
> >
> >  the books, played with the tutorials and had a competitive 1 week
> >
> >
> >  'play'
> >
> >
> >  project.
> >
> >
> >  --
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