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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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