Ask HN: Rails for Django developers?

#1

Post by levicampbell » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 9:43 PM UTC

I've done some django development in the past and I'm looking to expand my horizons by learning Rails. Does anyone know of good tutorials or other resources aimed at people with previous web development experience looking to learn rails? Strangely, google hasn't turned up much that's useful.

Re: Ask HN: Rails for Django developers?

#2

Post by maxdemarzi » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 9:48 PM UTC

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rails+for+zombies

Re: Ask HN: Rails for Django developers?

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Post by geekfactor » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 9:56 PM UTC

I was in a very similar boat two months ago and went through Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial (http://railstutorial.org) and found it to be a great resource. You'll be able to get through it pretty quickly with your Django background, you'll learn some good stuff about workflow and testing in the process, and you'll know enough to build your own basic Rails project when you're done (with lots of reference-checks back to Rails Tutorial of course).

I also played with Rails for Zombies but found the pace to be a bit slow with the emphasis on cool multimedia and the simulator.

Re: Ask HN: Rails for Django developers?

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Post by levicampbell » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 10:07 PM UTC

geekfactor wrote: post #3

I was in a very similar boat two months ago and went through Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial ( http://railstutorial.org ) and found it to be a great resource. You'll be able to get through it pretty quickly with your Django background, you'll learn some good stuff about workflow and testing in the process, and you'll know enough to build your own basic Rails project when you're done (with lots of reference-checks back…

Very neat. Did you purchase the PDF or the screencasts or did you read it online?

Re: Ask HN: Rails for Django developers?

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Post by geekfactor » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 1:03 PM UTC

levicampbell wrote: post #4

geekfactor wrote: post #3

I was in a very similar boat two months ago and went through Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial ( http://railstutorial.org ) and found it to be a great resource. You'll be able to get through it pretty quickly with your Django background, you'll learn some good stuff about workflow and testing in the process, and you'll know enough to build your own basic Rails project when you're done (with lots of reference-checks back…

Very neat. Did you purchase the PDF or the screencasts or did you read it online?

I just read it online.