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to be honest, this is a just ok book. For ROR beginners, stick with Micheal's tutorial. http://ruby.railstutorial.org/
It introduces way too much for a pure beginner who knows little-to-no programming trying to get started. That said, I really don't think someone brand new to coding should learn RoR straight away.
the largest barrier to entry for newcomers wanting to learn rails is getting a dev environment setup
for anyone who hate registrations for downloads ^_^ http://learn-rails.com/ebooks/learn-rails.pdf
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Not a single one of those are even remotely relevant to this discussion, other than the fact that they aren't behind a contact information 'paywall'.
I think it's relevant Heres some more: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/ http://rubymonk.com/ http://ruby-kickstart.com/ http://railsforzombies.org/ http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=459
to be honest, this is a just ok book. For ROR beginners, stick with Micheal's tutorial. http://ruby.railstutorial.org/
Disagree, tried to get my brother to learn Rails using this tutorial and got stuck configuring Git and his remote Github repository. It introduces waaaaay too much information that a beginner doesn't really care about. Git repositories, test driven development, etc are all things a beginner doesn't care about and doesn't really need to know about when starting out.
I can't think of anyone I've taught git to who didnt see how powerful and easy it makes life.
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So they they can send you unwanted emails. There is no such thing as a free lunch. In order for you to get the book, you have to give away your contact information.
"They" is me, a solo author who gave up six months of consulting income to produce a book to help Rails beginners. Would you care to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign so the book can reach the people who need it? What do you wish to offer in exchange? How about even offering a thank you? Or do you feel you are entitled to enjoy my work, offering nothing in exchange, and encouraging other people to act with no re…
I'm using Rails for a few years now and I still have problems to figure out where to start when I have to explain it to somebody who doesn't know anything about it.
Many books just throw their readers into a topic. This causes a lot of confusion early on, which will (hopefully) be reduced while reading the book. I don't like that approach very much.
I think, this book here does it the right way: It first explains the web and by which technologies it is driven. Then it tells how Rails fits into the picture.
What I also really like are the short explanations of user stories, software development methodologies and agile methodologies. I think it is important that new developers have at least heard about those topics even though they may not know how to use them in the beginning.
Good work!
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So they they can send you unwanted emails. There is no such thing as a free lunch. In order for you to get the book, you have to give away your contact information.
"They" is me, a solo author who gave up six months of consulting income to produce a book to help Rails beginners. Would you care to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign so the book can reach the people who need it? What do you wish to offer in exchange? How about even offering a thank you? Or do you feel you are entitled to enjoy my work, offering nothing in exchange, and encouraging other people to act with no re…
the largest barrier to entry for newcomers wanting to learn rails is getting a dev environment setup
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp
https://github.com/tokaido/tokaidoapp