rails training

[Derek Smith]

I asked this in the Rails forum, but no replies, so....
Will any recommend quality training, online or instructor lead of rails
for beginners? Do I need to have a solid background in Ruby first? I
don't, its more beginner too, but I have been writing Perl for 8 years
now.

thank you!

 

[Ken Burgett]

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

Hi Derek,

I did it the hard way, I bought the Agile Web Development with Rails book,
read it multiple times, then built the depot demo app multiple times (I kept
screwing up and missing a step or two). Download the code from the web site
and keep it locally, it makes things way simpler.

I now have a beginner's concept of Rails, many of the subtle techniques
still elude me, but I have built successful web apps with Rails.

I asked this in the Rails forum, but no replies, so....
Will any recommend quality training, online or instructor lead of rails
for beginners? Do I need to have a solid background in Ruby first? I
don't, its more beginner too, but I have been writing Perl for 8 years
now.

thank you!

--
Regards,

Ken

Seek wisdom through disbelief

 

[Rachel Nichol]

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Check it out http://www.bignerdranch.com/
Charles Brian Quinn is the instructor and he is really good.=20
If you decide to go, tell them Rachel Nichol sent you. =20

Thank you,
Rachel S Nichol
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I asked this in the Rails forum, but no replies, so....
Will any recommend quality training, online or instructor lead of rails
for beginners? Do I need to have a solid background in Ruby first? I
don't, its more beginner too, but I have been writing Perl for 8 years
now.

thank you!
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[Brian Candler]

I bought the Agile Web Development with Rails
book,
read it multiple times, then built the depot demo app multiple times

For someone with 8 years Perl experience, that's the way I'd recommend
too. Buy the pragprog Programming Ruby book too (but not the 1.9
version)

 

[Derek Smith]

For someone with 8 years Perl experience, that's the way I'd recommend
too. Buy the pragprog Programming Ruby book too (but not the 1.9
version)

Yeah, but I do program daily like some here. I use it as a tool in my
HPUX, AIX, and SUSE sysadmin belt. I have many ruby and rails pdf
files, but i enjoy classroom style learning so I am strongly considering
taking this:

http://ideafoundry.info/ruby-on-rails?gclid=CIOQyZfj_psCFRHxDAodAVRs-w

What you think? Anyone know of these two gentlemen?

 

[Derek Smith]

For someone with 8 years Perl experience, that's the way I'd recommend
too. Buy the pragprog Programming Ruby book too (but not the 1.9
version)

Yeah, but I do not program daily like some here. I use it as a tool in
my HPUX, AIX, and SUSE sysadmin belt. I have many ruby and rails pdf
files, but i enjoy classroom style learning so I am strongly considering
taking this:

http://ideafoundry.info/ruby-on-rails?gclid=CIOQyZfj_psCFRHxDAodAVRs-w

What you think? Anyone know of these two gentlemen?