Starting off with Ruby and Ruby on Rails

Question

Hi,

I am interested in building web applications using Ruby on Rails. I surfed the Internet and found out that I need to have a prior knowledge of the Ruby language. So can you please suggest some good books, online resources to start off with Ruby first and then Ruby on Rails?

Thanks, Rakesh.

Answer 1

As far as Ruby goes, two good books are:

1. Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, and Andy Hunt

2. The Ruby Way, Second Edition: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming by Hal Fulton

Check out this link also for some helpful sites: http://ruby.about.com/od/tutorialsontheweb/tp/10waysfree.htm

Answer 2

You may also find RailsCast is useful too. :)

Answer 3

I recently got through http://railstutorial.org/book and I must say it's a great tutorial as it includes topics like git, testing and of course rails itself and many more references.

Answer 4

There is also Why's famous guide: http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/