[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-04 Thread Graeme
As a relative newbie myself I would second this recommendation. Just make sure you get version 3 - Ruby on Rails changed a lot between 1.xx and 2.00. An older book that I still find useful is http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Rails-Techniques-Developers/dp/1932394699 which focuses more on Ruby but

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-04 Thread John Dean
Thanks guys - just got the http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition one v3. Will read! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-04 Thread Bob Martens
Enjoy it is a good point, and a good launchpad into more reading and more testing. On Feb 4, 11:55 am, John Dean rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net wrote: Thanks guys - just got thehttp://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rail... one v3. Will read! -- Posted

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-03 Thread John Dean
Anyone? Anything? -- 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

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-03 Thread Daly
John, if you want to learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails, you probably need to start by buying a book first that explains all the basics of the language. A lot of people start with this one for Rails: http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition which if I

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-02 Thread John Dean
RailsExpert.com wrote: John, I am not sure exactly what you're asking but if you are trying to 'personalize' many separate websites based on the calling domain ( something.com ) then I might be able to help. I created a synthetic example of this at WebRancher.com where one code based reads

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-02 Thread RailsExpert.com
John, I am not sure exactly what you're asking but if you are trying to 'personalize' many separate websites based on the calling domain ( something.com ) then I might be able to help. I created a synthetic example of this at WebRancher.com where one code based reads the 'request.host' object and

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-02 Thread Julian Leviston
The best way to learn is to have a real problem you want solved. Then try, fail and ask questions when you're stuck. Sent from my iPhone On 02/02/2009, at 8:10 PM, John Dean rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net wrote: Hello folks! I'm new here as you would soon see from my post. I started

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-02 Thread Andrew Timberlake
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:10 AM, John Dean rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net wrote: Hello folks! I'm new here as you would soon see from my post. I started reading http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ and am somewhat getting it... I do find some difficulties understanding the flow of things, but

[Rails] Re: A noob question for direction

2009-02-02 Thread John Dean
Julian Leviston wrote: The best way to learn is to have a real problem you want solved. Then try, fail and ask questions when you're stuck. Sent from my iPhone On 02/02/2009, at 8:10 PM, John Dean rails-mailing-l...@andreas- OK I do have a real project in mind. It's pretty simple for an