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If time is critical, then I figure you'll want screencasts for the language/framework you need to use.
I don't know of any that exist for any other language/framework, but Ruby on Rails has really excellent ones at:
http://peepcode.com - not free but no one else compresses an entire Rails book in 5 hours of video
http://railscasts.com - 5 to 15 min useful segments related to ruby on rails
Once you feel a little more comfortable after viewing the videos, the Pragmatic Programmer Series and Oreilly books are a good place to continue.
Almost forgot - you can test out all you learned at (YC startup) http://heroku.com (nothing to install on your computer - easy to start)
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If time is critical, then I figure you'll want screencasts for the language/framework you need to use.
I don't know of any that exist for any other language/framework, but Ruby on Rails has really excellent ones at:
http://peepcode.com - not free but no one else compresses an entire Rails book in 5 hours of video
http://railscasts.com - 5 to 15 min useful segments related to ruby on rails
Once you feel a little more comfortable after viewing the videos, the Pragmatic Programmer Series and Oreilly books are a good place to continue.
Almost forgot - you can test out all you learned at (YC startup) http://heroku.com (nothing to install on your computer - easy to start)