Hey there,
Making a blog is one of the first things many people learn about when
they begin to learn Ruby on Rails. RoR makes it easy and fun to do
this kind of stuff, so there really isn''t too much hassle, especially
compared to that you may experience with other server-side programming
languages.
The main difference between what I imagine you did in school regarding
websites, and what you''re trying to do here, is that making a blog
requires work to be done on the server-side as well as the client
side. When you upload a page of text, the web server simply spits out
that page to everyone that asks for it. Easy. When you want a blog,
however, the server must know how to access the stored blog posts (for
which you''ll probably want a database server to compliment your
setup), how to store new posts when you want to create them, how to
serve up an RSS feed if you have one, and so on. So the server is
having to do a lot more then shovelling up a simple web page - it
needs to be programmed to handle all these different requests that are
made of it. That''s where RoR (and you!) come in.
I would highly recommend the Ruby on Rails screencast "Creating a
weblog in 15 minutes" at the top of the page of
http://rubyonrails.org/screencasts.
It covers the creation of a blog with some more advanced concepts
really well in such a short time.
I''d also recommend http://www.railscasts.com for some great
screencasts on RoR - they''re done by the same guy that made the blog
screencast.
If you have any questions raised by the video or your work on your
blog, Google around for answers (there''s many to be found) or ask here
and someone will be able to assist you.
Have fun!
James
On 21 Feb, 17:33, Law Jer Cherng
<jcl...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> hi guys. It''s not my first time on ruby, i mean, well I did get to
> page 40 of my 300 page guide book, but that''s not the point =S.
thing
> is, I don''t really know what you gotta do to make a blog out of
ruby.
> I''ve heard RoR but it''s really vague, the way I see it,
cz I dun
> really know much about it nor how it works. And uh, I kinda guess that
> it isn''t that big of a hassle if I just wanted to post 1 page of
text
> on the internet? Cz I''ve learned that skill when I was 9 or 10.
Not to
> brag, but school teaches that. So anyway, what do I have to do to make
> my own blog based on ruby? Cz I''m really looking forward to this
> programming stuff and making 1 helluva cool blhog. :) THANKS!
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