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What website/book is best to learn RoR?

Why`s Poignant Guide: Classic and rather odd Ruby guide. I especially enjoyed this resource, and the crazy stories really helped make things sink in. http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/

Mr. Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book: Another Ruby guide. I really recommend this one. The information is laid out really well and I found it very easy to read. http://humblelittlerubybook.com/book/hlrb.pdf

Rails for Zombies: This was my first dive into Rails. They are basically instructional videos with interactive labs at the end of each tutorial. I spent a long time doing these tutorials, pausing frequently to google stuff I didn’t fully understand. http://railsforzombies.org/

Ruby on Rails Tutorials, by Michael Hartl: The most comprehensive of the resources listed so far. Again, I took my time working through this one, and it really paid off. http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book

Agile Web Development With Rails: But I’ve only just order it! This is the resource everyone seems to recommend. It’s also the only one I’ve had to spend money on so far. Not finished it yet, but so far so good. http://www.amazon.ca/Agile-Web-Development-Rails-Ruby/dp/193...

I agree with all these. I would however recommend getting Agile Web Development With Rails directly from Pragmatic Press as you can be certain you're using the most up-to-date edition (4th with Rails 3.1) and can purchase solely the ebook if you want to save some money and/or trees.

http://pragprog.com/book/rails4/agile-web-development-with-r...

Good point!

I should also point out that there is this on going debate about whether it is better to learn Ruby before diving into Rails, or just learn them at the same time. Personally I tackled them both, since I could plug what I was learning into a web application project. I learn much better by doing.

Hope this helps!

As someone who teaches beginning Ruby and Rails workshops. I often find the limiting factor in getting to where students want to go is comfort with Ruby itself, Rails automates so many of the early details that knowing a little bit more about what Ruby is doing can be phenomenally enabling.

By all means learn both at once, but stay just a little ahead in your Ruby skills.

The Ruby Koans is great for solidifying Ruby concepts glossed over in Rails.

http://rubykoans.com

Wow, how did I miss this?

Thanks for the heads up.

Rails has one of the best documentations for a technical product.

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/

Thanks for all the help!

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