Re: What skills do you need for Ruby On Rails?

Michael Slater
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:05:44 -0000

You need to learn Ruby, obviously, but you also need to learn the
Rails framework, which for many people is actually the bigger
undertaking.

You should be able to quickly pick up the bits of Ruby you need, if
you have an OOP background, but it takes a while to become familiar
with all the pieces of Rails and how to use them effectively. You''ll
also need to learn some of the Rails-specific deployment issues, if
you''re going to be responsible for a production server.

The screencasts at www.LearningRails.com, of which I''m coauthor, may
be a little novice-oriented for you but will get you started.

Michael Slater
www.BuildingWebApps.com

On Jun 20, 11:01 am, jmDesktop
<needin4mat...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi, I know that may have an obvious answer, but as far as running
> rails is concerned, what skillset would an experienced web application
> developer need to start using RoR?  This assumes I understand OOP/D
> and MVC design patterns.  I have used asp.net and j2ee (and python
> django).
>
> My guess is just Ruby and that you can configure your server (tomcat,
> iis, etc.) to use the rails framework.
>
> Thanks.