Intro to Rails

Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter of days.
Tim OReilly

Slides

Resources

  • Rails for Zombies: Nice intro to basic Rails, and it has Zombies...
  • Rails Guides: Official guide for Rails, and a great place for documentation on the components that comprise the Rails framework.
  • Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Great book to work through, getting very
  • Railscasts: Great screencasts that show off how to use specific libraries
  • asciicasts: Text versions of the Railscasts
  • RailsInstaller Video: While this video shows how to install Rails on Windows, it also has a nice walk through a very basic Rails app.

Setup

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