Cloning Internet Applications with Ruby

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1. sradnidgeApr 2011
   In all honesty, I would forget about Rails unless you have a really, _really_ compelling reason to pursue it. Rails is such a big framework, you could easily spend as much time learning it (Rails) as you would learning Ruby itself. I would recommend starting with Sinatra and Padrino for Ruby based web frameworks, you'll likely find you never need anything more unless you get a job at a Rails shop.

   In terms of Ruby itself, having picked it up myself only fairly recently I would recommend the following:

   - unless you plan on maintaining someone elses code, jump straight into Ruby 1.9.

   - hang out in the IRC channels, #ruby-lang and #sinatra on Freenode. The community is awesome and really helpful.

   - the Sinatra video from Peepcode is really good

   - for books, I would recommend "Cloning Internet Applications with Ruby" (ISBN 978-1849511063), "Beginning Ruby from Novice to Professional, 2nd Ed" (ISBN 978-1430223634) and of course the current version of the Pickaxe book (google it :)

   - check out thechangelog.com regularly if you don't already

   That's about it, good luck with it - I've found it fun so far and am currently developing my first web app on top of Sinatra which i hope to launch in a month or so!

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2. telemachosApr 2011
   I can't thank you enough for mentioning Cloning Internet Applications with Ruby. It looks like a great Sinatra-based alternative to Michael Hartl's Rails tutorial. I need to scan Packt titles more often.
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3. ahmicroApr 2011
   This is the first time i see this amazing book "Cloning Internet Applications with Ruby", a must read and chance to know more about Sinatra.Thanks
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