Quick Left is a Boulder, Colorado web and mobile consultancy whose blog covers Rails, JavaScript, Heroku, and command-line tips.
HN links it for Rails and JavaScript tutorials, such as presenters for as_json and a command-line series, and for company job postings.
@Aqua_Geek & @tfitzgerald yes, I already have that in my Chrome's bookmark. I also bookmarked the following:
BOOKS
+ Why's (Poignant) Guide To Ruby (http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/)
+ Learn To Program (http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/)
+ The Book Of Ruby by Sapphire Steel Software (http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Book-Of-Ruby)
+ The Bastards Book of Ruby (http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/toc/)
BLOG TIPS ON RUBY
+ I'm basically following tips listed here: "5 Resources to Get Started with Ruby on Rails" (http://quickleft.com/blog/5-resources-to-get-started-with-ruby-on-rails) And,
+ "Best way to learn Ruby & Rails" (http://astonj.com/tech/best-way-to-learn-ruby-rails/)
WEBCASTS/VIDEOS
+ I'll be watching "Rails for Zombies" (http://railsforzombies.org/)
+ Screencasts at rubyonrails.org
And on the side, I am also re-reading "OOP Demystified" to get a better grasp on OOP.
Is there any other particular book that is a must-book for a beginner? Or my list on top pretty much covered all a beginner should know about getting up to speed with Ruby on Rails?
BOULDER, CO
SENIOR RUBY/JAVASCRIPT ENGINEER
[ Quick Left ]
Come work with an extremely talented team on stimulating and challenging projects. If you love solving difficult problems and have the experience to deliver high quality consulting, you will fit right in.
PROS:
- Balanced and creative culture
- Paid Vacation/Sick, 401k match, Medical Benefits, etc.
- High activity in community events
- Relocation $
CONS:
- [very] Challenging work / problems
- High expectations for quality and growth
- In-office keg-orator (distracting and makes you fat)
- No sandy beach at the base of the beautiful Rocky Mountains
Drop a line if you are interested (nico@quickleft.com) or visit our careers page: http://quickleft.com/careers
I've worked here for almost 4 years and love the people, atmosphere, benefits, and projects!
QuickLeft - Boulder, CO
We're a web and mobile software consultancy in sunny Boulder, CO. We work with a lot of different types of clients, but our focus is on early stage startups, helping to refine their business models and push an MVP out the door.
We're looking for a couple senior or mid-level devs that hava a strong background in Ruby and Javascript.
http://quickleft.com/careers/senior_web_developer
http://quickleft.com/careers/web_developer
We're also looking for another designer if you're into pretty things.
http://quickleft.com/careers/designer
It happens the other way too:
http://quickleft.com/expansion
The short version is that a product company (Sprint.ly) bought the RoR services company (QuickLeft) and yet took the service company's name. This will let the combined company build the main product more efficiently, but also build more products down the road (which would be awkward if they were called Sprint.ly).
Perhaps something along the lines of the following would provide a good balance http://quickleft.com/blog/presenters-as-a-solution-to-asjson-woes-in-rails-apis
It's also worth noting that to_json should not be invoked directly these days in favor of as_json. It's now meant to more or less be an internal Rails API.
One of the long term gripe is on building dynamic mobileapp as mentioned here http://quickleft.com/blog/hurdles-in-structuring-a-dynamic-jquery-mobile-app -- this isn't seem to be handled in this release too