I'm completely new to Ruby, but am not a stranger to backend dev (.NET, Nodejs).
I've checked out the Ruby Quick start, but aside from that, what resources, whether they be books, online resources, videos etc. would you recommend to someone looking to get into the world of Ruby and Ruby on Rails?
Bonus points if you can suggest an e-book before I go camping in three hours? 😜
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I suppose you have already seen a lot. The Michael Hartl book is good but paid. If you are looking for free ones, I recommend starting with guides.rubyonrails.org, let's build with rails web-crunch.com, YouTube, codecademy(rails course is paid but ruby is free), for ebook, learn ruby the hard way and so on. I will make a post on a complete guide to learn ruby on rails.
This Udemy Course was helpful for me
udemy.com/share/1013z6A0sedVdbQ3w=/
Thanks for sharing Will!
After you get to know the basics, this should be the next step for upskilling: Ruby on Rails 6: Learn 25+ gems and build a Startup MVP 2020
Don't forget the latest contender: Semicolon&Sons
The focus is on production web-apps. Instead of toy examples, the screencasts are situated inside a live codebase with a decade of legacy, hundreds of thousands of monthly sessions, and tens of thousands of monthly revenue -- and all the complications that accompany all this.
They are certainly not beginner screencasts, but are there to help people fill in the gaps when they are responsible for a deployed piece of software (ESPECIALLY if they are indie-hackers).
Things like architecture, non-brittle integration testing, data integrity enforced at an SQL level, monitoring and responding to production issues, integrating JS without fad frameworks, auditing gems and JS dependencies, softer stuff like SEO for programmers, etc.
You can check out the kind of content we’ve got here: semicolonandsons.com/series/Inside...
Esp, vouch for Jack Kinsella's Screencasts/YT videos on SEO for Rails n00bs
I came across another great resource from my co-worker @vaidehijoshi , rubytapas.com. Thanks for the share Vaidehi!
Super late to the game but perhaps will help someone else.
Learn Ruby the Hard Way really helped me get started with ruby: learnrubythehardway.org/
And yes, even today the Michael Hartl Rail tut is a must!
Just adding this tweet from @rhymes that is full of great Ruby and Rails resources from Shopify.
driftingruby.com/
:)
Which things did / do you use?
I've been so busy with stuff I usually work on that I honestly haven't had a chance to read up on all the great resources people have posted here quite just yet. It's my todo. 😉 The backend at my new job is in Ruby, which I'll need to touch occasionally, so I'll probably be digging into these resources in the near future.
Actually, today I'm on learnenough.com/ruby-tutorial by Michael Hartl just going through some basics before I tackle his rails tutorial. repl.it has been handy for this.
Agile Web Development with Rails is the one I started with in 2005. Still kicking out the new editions. pragprog.com/book/rails51/agile-we... If you follow along and build the application in the tutorial, you will be productive.