[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-03 Thread Chris Haupt
If you are more of a "watching/listening" follow-along learner than a "reading" oriented one, there are some extremely useful screencast/ podcast resources that you may want to plug in to (some free, some for a modest cost): http://peepcode.com/ has a selection of screencasts and PDFs over an eve

[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-02 Thread glennswest
It depends on "what" you have interest in doing. For my applications, there database focused. So here is the "getting" something going in the shortest possible time. 1. Get the "Ruby Cookbook fro Oreilly". (Keep on your desk) 2. ProActive Record is another one I would keep handy. 3. Choose a pr

[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-02 Thread Rick
If you already have experience with software development and you have a comfortable work environment (i.e. OS, editor, web browser,...) then I say go for it. There are so many related protocols et.al. dumped into the interweb (HTML, XHTML, XML, blah blah blah) that if you try to bone up on all of

[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-02 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Nov 1, 5:44 pm, Tarek Demiati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2/ Which books would you advise me to read (ideally in chronological > order) I would read the Pickaxe first and get a good grip on ruby before moving onto AWDWR > > 3/ Does the learning curve can be pretty steep for someone who do n

[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-02 Thread Andy
Tarek - I went through what you're about to go through and actually enjoyed the process :) I hadn't programmed anything for 12 years Buy the Ruby Pickaxe book. Buy Agile Web Development with Rails (wait for next edition) Find a hosting company that supports RoR if you need hosting. Use mod_rails

[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-01 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Tarek Demiati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm very interested in starting with ROR, however I do not know where > to start, I've a background as a developer of desktop application, the > web is new to me, there seems to be a lot of things to master in order > to

[Rails] Re: Getting started with ROR when you come from the desktop world with no experience in developing web application

2008-11-01 Thread Freddy Andersen
1. ?(HTML => NO),YES,YES,MAYBE,MAYBE,NO 2. I would start with http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Web-Development-Rails-2nd/dp/0977616630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225571909&sr=1-1 but wait for the 3td edition... 3. The learning curve is steep for anyone starting a new language without prior exper