Picklewagon

For a while now, I have wanted to learn Ruby on Rails to build some web apps. I have heard so much about it. So, as a web developer, I thought I had better just do it if I were to ever learn it.

I finally got started last night. I decided to get first get Ruby working on my box. It just so happened that it just took a few extra steps after that to install Rails. It was very easy once I found the right information.

• I downloaded the latest Ruby software from RubyForge.
• Rubyonrails.org has a great write up on getting started with Rails on their wiki.
• I have a Windows development environment. I found a tutorial specifically outlining how to install Ruby on Windows.

It turned out to be a very easy process to install Ruby/Rails on Windows.

Doing some searches on the web for information showed me very quickly that there is a wealth of information available just on the web. I am going to try to find the most useful web sites and blogs on the subject to be able to use for reference when I need it. Please let me know of any that I should know about.

Initially, Rubyonrails.org seems like the best place to go for information and documentation. I subscribed to the mailing list as well. I’ll read that for a while to help me get a hag of what is happening in the Rails community.

During my lunch break today, I took a trip down to Barnes & Noble to find a good book on the subject. I ended up buying Agile Web Development With Rails.

This week I would like to install a Rails open-source app so I can see how it all works.

So this means that I am learning both Ruby/Rails and Flex. Anything else I should be learning?