On 11 September 2012 11:04, Pj M. <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Dear RoR'ers, > > I would like to call in a bit of help from the more experienced members. > The situation and question is very simple (as it always is ;)). > For the next 20 days I have nothing on my hands except learning RoR, how > can I boost my skills in this short amount of time? > * which books should I read (can also be ones that are not directly > related to RoR) > * Should I find a mentor? Where to look? > * Would it be wise to start by building a real-world project right-away? > What kind? > * The most important question: what did I forget to ask?
You have not said what OS you are using. If at all possible use Linux (Ubuntu for example) or Mac. Rails on Windows is tricky. Install RVM to manage ruby and gems. Work right through a tutorial such as railstutorial.org, which is free to use online. Colin > > > In order for you to be able to give a decent answer I'll give you some > more extra information on me, myself and I. > > Where do I start? > * My programming background is in PHP (but let's not talk about that too > much before I make you all sick :p) > * suffice to know that I think I know the fundamental building blocks of > an application (MVC, OOP, REST, ...) > * I already read & marked the first half of Agile web development with > Rails (4th edition -> so Rails 3) > > Where do I want arrive? > * In the future I would like to build applications on which I: > ** can be proud of > ** Rely on enough to sell to SME's > > Why do I want to invest my time? > * I'm already totally convinced of the framework idea. > * There are many frameworks, why why RoR? > ** I just love the idea of convention over configuration > ** I have the impression that people who invested there time in RoR have > a passion for their work, they are opinionized and professional. > ** Who doesn't want to join that 'crew'? > > > Kind regards, > Pj > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
