Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails

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Post by Dramatize » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 12:47 AM UTC

I've found the Lynda.com video tuts great for a quick overview.

Also:

http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ and http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book

Re: Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails

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Post by aliukani » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 1:29 AM UTC

TryRuby.org (http://tryruby.org) was what I started with.

When you're more comfortable with Ruby and want to get started with Rails, get a Heroku (http://heroku.com) account to play around with and check out Rails for Zombies (http://railsforzombies.org/).

I think you'll enjoy Ruby (and RoR). Ruby's a fun language to code in and I found it very beginner-friendly.

Re: Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails

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Post by gdberrio » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 11:33 AM UTC

Tks for all the feedback. This is an awsome list to get started.

On to reading & hacking away...

Re: Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails

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Post by runjake » Fri, Mar 18, 2011, 8:28 PM UTC

I'm not flaming you here, but you should search HN because this question gets asked at least once a month and there's lots of valuable advice in those.

Try Googling 'ruby rails site:news.ycombinator.com' without the quotes. Filter the result for the last year or so, older advice is either wrong or no longer applicable. There's a search on the HN site, but I prefer Google.

Definitely focus your efforts on Ruby 1.9 and Rails 3, in any case.

Edit: Link!

Here's one from 2 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2329517

Re: Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails

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Post by aihui » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 1:59 AM UTC

Everything mentioned here is good. I also like RailsCasts - Ryan does a fantastic job with all his screen casts (http://railscasts.com/).

Re: Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails

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Post by anthonycerra » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 2:15 AM UTC

sane_delirium wrote: post #7

TheOnyx wrote: post #5

Ruby Koans is a great tool for learning Ruby in general as well as its quirks and differences with other languages. http://rubykoans.com/ Basically, it presents you with a battery of broken tests. Your goal is to reach enlightenment by fixing them. The first ones are simple to fix and teach you simple concepts as you do so. As you go, complexity increases. It's a great tool for someone new to Ruby and Rails as you wi…

This was interesting to try as someone who's never touched ruby before, it begins seemingly simple but gets quite complex. Does this really target beginners, or am I an idiot?

If you're an idiot, so am I. It gets really tough.