You mentioned that you are a bunch of java / php guys so these books from the Pragmatic Programmers might be useful:<br><br>From Java To Ruby: <a href="http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_j2r/from-java-to-ruby">http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_j2r/from-java-to-ruby</a><br>
Rails for PHP Developers: <a href="http://pragprog.com/titles/ndphpr/rails-for-php-developers">http://pragprog.com/titles/ndphpr/rails-for-php-developers</a><br>Rails for Java Developers: <a href="http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_r4j/rails-for-java-developers">http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_r4j/rails-for-java-developers</a><br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>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change in Rails at the moment even the PHP one might be out of date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.<br>
<br>Hope this helps,<br><br>Muz<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/4/29 Tim Harding <<a href="mailto:tim.harding@gmail.com">tim.harding@gmail.com</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
and <a href="http://railscasts.com/" target="_blank">http://railscasts.com/</a> is wonderful for rails programming in the small. highly recommend it.<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:28 AM, wendy <<a href="mailto:wendy@skillsmatter.com" target="_blank">wendy@skillsmatter.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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And off course Skills Matter runs an excellent Ruby on Rails course,
authored by Graeme Mathieson: <br>
<a href="http://skillsmatter.com/course/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-workshop" target="_blank">http://skillsmatter.com/course/ruby-on-rails/ruby-on-rails-workshop</a><br>
We can provide some mentoring afterwards too, to help you apply newly
learnt concepts within the context of your specific environment and
projects<div><div></div><div><br>
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Jeremy Hoyland wrote:
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<pre>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:
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<pre>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:
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Ruby on Rails - Dave Thomas
Ruby for Rails - David Black
The Rails Way - Obie fernadex
The Ruby Way - Hal Fulton
Advanced Rails - Ediger
Podcasts
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Peepcode
RailsCasts
Blogs
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numerous but start with
Err The Blog
the { buckblogs :here }
The Rails Way
has_many :through
On 29/4/08 09:57, "Jeremy Hoyland" <a href="mailto:jeremy.hoyland@incisivemedia.com" target="_blank"><jeremy.hoyland@incisivemedia.com></a>
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<pre>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
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