[LRUG] Rails 3 tutorials?

Riccardo Tacconi rtacconi at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 07:02:22 PDT 2011


After reading the mentioned books 'Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and
Rails' is another one to take into consideration.

On 1 June 2011 15:52, Nick Ludlam <nick at recoil.org> wrote:

> 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
>
> n
>
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Getting a ruby job with other experienced developers beats this... so
> it's not
> >>> the best way to learn...
> >>
> >> Not if they've picked up bad habits, and I've interviewed a few of those
> >>
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