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Learning Ruby on Rails

The cluster focuses on recommendations and resources for beginners to learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails, with frequent mentions of Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial, Chris Pine's book, and other tutorials like Rails for Zombies.

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thelastgallon • Dec 19, 2024 • View on HN

What are some good resources to get started on Rails for a complete newbie?

quizbiz • Apr 13, 2009 • View on HN

What's a recommended way to get started with Ruby (on Rails)?

will_lam • Apr 18, 2011 • View on HN

If you're interested in taking the Ruby on Rails route, you can check out Chris Pine's book "Learn to Program" in Ruby.Also there's HacketyHack, Rails for Zombies, CodeSchool.com.Also there was an old HN thread that is very similar to your situation. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2280070

m912 • Oct 27, 2010 • View on HN

I'm a designer/front end developer with no idea where to start learning Ruby/Rails. Would you be able to give any insight on that?

gls2ro • Jul 27, 2023 • View on HN

Hi there,That's super that you decided to learn Ruby on Rails.(shameless plug) Here are some personal recommendations - most of them are content I wrote.In case you don't yet know Ruby then I suggest you start with Ruby.1. https://ghinda.com/blog/programming/ruby/2021/learning-ruby.... - this is an art

deesPeek • Feb 4, 2025 • View on HN

What are the best and most up-to-date resources for learning Ruby on Rails? I primarily work with PHP and Laravel, but I keep hearing great things about RoR and would love to learn it.

stephenhandley • Jun 14, 2011 • View on HN

lol this is just some pay your dues nonsense. "You will love rails if you begin at the start like we all did"http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (probably not relevant for HN) http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/quickstart<

nullflow • Mar 28, 2015 • View on HN

This might be something for you:https://www.railstutorial.org/book

groundCode • Oct 8, 2013 • View on HN

For Rails, you should start with the excellent Rails Tutorialhttp://ruby.railstutorial.org/

jaryd • Jan 25, 2012 • View on HN

You may want to work through Michael Hartls' "Ruby on Rails Tutorial" (http://ruby.railstutorial.org/) as well