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Learn to Ruby: 74 Quality RoR Resources and Tutorials

softwaredeveloper.com — As is the case with every language, learning Ruby on Rails from scratch can be quite a pain. We've compiled a list of the best Rails resources the Web has to offer, covering installation (both manual and automatic, plus web hosts), tutorials (beginner and advanced topics), books, blogs, forums, cheat sheets, code snippets and API documents.

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  • rlray216, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Very few things are more useful than a comprehensive list of resources like this.
  • growlzor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This website has a pretty cool tutorial on Ruby http://tryruby.hobix.com/
  • mrblack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Not on this list but worthy of watching. http://www.railscasts.com/
  • MDrake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It mentions several web hosts that are RoR compatible. I recently switched over to mediatemple.net (no not advertising, like they need it) and they have provided some flawless RoR compatibility and support thus far.
  • aogail, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17I would expect that an article claiming to help people learn Ruby on Rails would not make the ignorant mistake of calling it a "language."

    Say it with me: Ruby is a language. Ruby on Rails is a framework.
    • Xadrian79, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Unfortunately, the choice of name for the framework perpetuates that confusion since many people had no experience with Ruby prior to the popularity of RoR. Many other frameworks (like Django which uses python, or symfony which uses php) avoided that particular annoyance by not including the language in the framework name.
    • rebotfc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I disagree Ruby on Rails is descriptive of the language used in the framework. The term Django doesnt indicate it has anything to do with Python at all unless you already knew what it was.
    • Xadrian79, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3True, but that's a different point entirely. I was merely pointing out that the reason many people call Ruby on Rails a language is due to the inclusion of the language name in the framework. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that they program in Django.
  • dfekke, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4How many times do you have restart the web server? What a piece of cr*p!
    • JonGretar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hmmm... You are doing something wrong. Running it in Production mode instead of Development mode propably. You should only have to restart when you change database.yml or environment.rb.
  • pussfeller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Ruby is still in need of some serious, basic, start from 0 tutorials that are not geared towards people coming from C or other languages.

    There are tons of Python tuts out there that resonate with total noobs, why doesn't ruby?
    • GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Because Ruby is a different language to Python. Ruby is closer to something like Perl in that it values terseness while Python exemplifies readability.

      Python itself is designed to make transition easy for new programmers while Ruby isn't.
    • kaelyiesta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1plus ruby was created by matz. It's early success started in japan. I'm sure if it were developed by a native english speaker in america, england, etc... there would be more english support. But really, the API ref docs are all you need. Everything else is just syntax gotchas that can be googled.
  • GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4The Ruby VM is still too appallingly rubbish for me. OTOH JRuby is approaching the position where it can be considered good enough an implementation to be used and the JVM is at least capable of performing. Apparently Rails runs on there now and will probably be the way Ruby will go in the future.
  • GoatMonkey2112, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Is Ruby a verb now? Can I use that for other languages too? I'm going to Java now.
    • Ozymandias42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Make sure to check out Jakarta while you're there, but really the whole island is quite lovely. Sitting on the beach by yourself, you can really be a productive programmer. Have you ever tried programming in Java?
  • GrendelT, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1I always sing that part from Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby when I see a Ruby post on here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDcOViViNY
  • polyGone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5--Dumb question from graphic designer--

    Will ruby run on a regular apache server? I was thinking it would, although I've never tried it.
  • louistsoi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0How does ROR differ from something like PHP + Smarty? I know it automates some basic stuff.... but are any massive benefits / advantages that it offers?

    Has anyone got knowledge of both and able to give good comparison review?
    • jma06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I know neither very well. But from what I see, from the MVC perspective, Rails is a focus on the model and controller, while smarty is view centric.
  • IndianGuru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the Tutorials section the link for Learning Ruby should be -
    http://rubylearning.com/
  • derukio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0also nice if you are looking for RoR ebooks: http://ebooksearchr.googlepages.com/home?cx=008836104266179945027%3As5ntw3b1uvk&cof=FORID%3A11&q=%22Ruby+on+Rails%22
  • 123zoozle, on 12/17/2007, -0/+0This article has a pretty cool tutorial.
    http://www.dassnagar.com/Software/web-development- ...
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