The Rails way

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1. gamechangrOct 2014
   Read books

   Take a look at these:

   1)Learning Ruby the Hard Way

   2)The Rails Way by Obie Fernandez ( Get this Book )

   3)The Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial: Learning by example ( Get this book )

   4)Rubymonk

   5)Codeschool

   6)Coderwall

   7)Railscasts

   The Ruby on Rails Guide is underated.

   This should get you where you need to be!

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2. hipsters_uniteJun 2013
   The Rails 3 Way was the book that cracked it for me. Hartl's tutorial is a great start, but Obie's was the book that actually hit the 'why' on the head.
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3. padseekerOct 2012
   The most useful books I've read for my development and startup project has been as follows;

   Getting Real - Its free so no excuse not to download it http://gettingreal.37signals.com/

   Start Small Stay Small by Rob Walling - http://www.startupbook.net/

   The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernandez - This has been huge benefit to understanding rails more than any other online tutorial or documentation - http://www.informit.com/store/rails-3-way-9780321601667

   Rails Up and Running - it's only for Rails version 2 but this was for me the most effective book for learning rails. They should really reissue the book for version 3. I bought it 4 months before rails 3 was released but I still refer back to it for some stuff. It doesn't make a lot of sense now but since I was just starting Rails had some exposure to 2 and 3 it was very helpful - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596522018.do

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4. padseekerOct 2012
   Dear adrianmn

   I probably not the type of experienced mentor you are looking for. However I've been using rails for about a 1.5 years and have managed to accomplish most of what I've wanted to do with rails in building my own startup app - padseeker.com.

   I'd be happy to do what I can to help. Drop me a line and I will do what I can. At the very lest if you are having some of the same issues I had when I started perhaps I can be of service.

   While we are on the subject the most valuable book I've purchased in learning rails has been The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernandez. I highly recommend it.

   http://tr3w.com/

   Also I used 2 forums frequently when I hit the wall trying to tackle rails problems. I recommend joining both of them and using them frequently. When I have an issue I post it on both forums - Rails Forum and Stack Overflow;

   http://www.railsforum.com/

   http://stackoverflow.com/

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5. jethrokuanAug 2012
   When beginning learning RoR, look through Rails for Zombies (http://railsforzombies.org) and Try Ruby (http://tryruby.org/levels/1/challenges/0) to get a feel of the new language. It's quite different from C/C++/Java.

   You'll get better working out and experimenting with things on your own, but Hartl's book serves as a great beginner's guide (while being comprehensive).

   I think "The Rails Way" by Obie Fernandez works as a good reference book after you get more experienced as well.

   http://www.amazon.com/The-Rails-Way-Obie-Fernandez/dp/032144...

   That's bout all(:

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6. janogonzalezJul 2012
   First, get familiar with the language solving all the Ruby Koans http://rubykoans.com

   Then go through the Rails Tutorial http://railstutorial.org

   Finally, read Eloquent Ruby by Russ Olsen and The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernández

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