Resources

The Mother Site: www.ruby-lang.org
Ruby on Rails: www.rubyonrails.com

Places to learn:

Pragmatic Studio

Big Nerd Ranch

Lynda.com

Cheap Way To Learn:

Do this in order! I found it to be most effective.

  1. Watch all the screencasts at rubyonrails.com and get excited
  2. Read Why’s Poignant Guide To Ruby
  3. Read PickAxe book. If you don’t know what it is, it’s “Programming Ruby”.
  4. Read “Agile Web Development with Rails”.
  5. Subscribe to Rails mailing list - you won’t believe how helpful this is.
  6. Have “Rails Recipe” book handy.
  7. Create a webapp.