How I Learn More About Ruby on Rails
Starting to feel confident, I build out a new site in the agile style called prayerlife.net the concepts are similar twitter and 43things. This time I was working without a tutorial but referencing the Agile book and searching the web and google group Ruby on Rails: Talk for help along the way. I also tune in to podcasts: Railscast, Rubyology, and Learning Rails. In addition, I participate in a local usergroup, OCRuby.com, where I can ask questions and learn from others in realtime. At a meeting I learned from a presentation on using the console while demonstating 'Active Record'; this helped me to catch the key concepts of data models. Lessons & tips: The best way to learn is to… just build it. Get in touch with others who are learning as well. Also, connect with those who have programming experience. The podcasts are are great way to get past concepts that seem difficult. Resources: Podcast: Railscast, Rubyology, and Learning Rails
- Books: Simply Rails 2, Agile Web Development with Rails
- Usergroup: OCRuby.com
- Rails documentation
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