[LRUG] Rails 3 tutorials?

[Nick Ludlam]

Thanks all, very good suggestions!

We're definitely going to purchase the 4th ed of AWDWR, and some of the other sites look similarly good, and the inimitable James Darling and I are going to be helping with mentoring. By way of a summary, we have...

Sites:
http://railsforzombies.org/
http://rubykoans.com/
http://railscasts.com/
http://www.asciicasts.com/

Books:
Agile Web Development with Rails (4th ed.)
Rails 3 Way
Rails AntiPatterns
Ruby Best Practices
Design Patterns in Ruby

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On 1 Jun 2011, at 14:16, Tom Blomfield wrote:

> PragProg's Agile Web Development in Rails is a great book for beginners with a little experience in another language, taking you step-by-step through the process of creating an online store. 
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> Necessarily, it doesn't dig deeply into a lot of the rails "magic" - for that, I'd recommend the Rails 3 Way. If you're switching from something like Python/Django, I'd start with the latter.
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> Also, the Hartl Rails Tutorial is ok, but I found it a little dry. It's also obsessive about TDD, which may not be helpful for a complete novice.
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> On 1 Jun 2011, at 05:27, Anthony Green <Anthony.Green at bbc.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 01/06/2011 12:38, "Jordi Noguera Leon" <jordinoguera83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Getting a ruby job with other experienced developers beats this... so it's not
>>> the best way to learn... 
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>> Not if they've picked up bad habits, and I've interviewed a few of those
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