Ruby on Rails for the uninformed

Posted by gamechangr on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @02:33PM
from the self-post dept.

1)It appears that most start ups are looking for RoR developers...would you agree? (I would love to be part of a disruptive start up someday and that is the only reason I am considering learning RoR..should I study something else?)

2)How many hours would it take a non programmer to go from zero to hero in RoR? I have seen a number of "bootcamps" but am skeptical.

(context for me= 33yr old, Love a vertical learning curve, just finishing a mining company start up in the S. Pacific, have the resources to consider a change)

3)which hands on training company is recommended?

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Re:Ruby on Rails for the uninformed by wasd on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @02:46PM (#3353284)

I'm learning myself and I've been drawn most to Railscasts http://railscasts.com/ and CodeAcademy's Rails for Zombies http://railsforzombies.org/ both have free and paid versions. Also, ruby's website has some resources for learning ruby: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/

Best of luck and sorry I can't be more of a help.

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Re:Ruby on Rails for the uninformed by gamechangr on Thursday December 15, 2011 @10:53AM (#3356601)

Will check them out...thxs

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Re:Ruby on Rails for the uninformed by leeHS on Thursday December 15, 2011 @07:32AM (#3355881)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3281496

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Re:Ruby on Rails for the uninformed by gamechangr on Thursday December 15, 2011 @10:52AM (#3356599)

I have found that Ruby on Rails Tutorials, by Michael Hartl is almost always recommended.

Thanks for the resources!

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Re:Ruby on Rails for the uninformed by SocratesV on Friday December 23, 2011 @08:08PM (#3387804)

Learn Ruby first, then RoR. ;)

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