Hi I''m hoping somebody can suggest an intermediate level tutorial or point me in the right direction. I''m a moderately experienced programmer (20 + years off and on) but I''m really struggling to get to grips with Web/RoR development. I''m reasonably familiar with Python and am getting familiar with Ruby. Having just spent a whole day trying to get a button to call a method in a controller I''m clearly missing some fundamental knowledge. I''ve worked through a few of the many tutorials with few problems (wrong Rails version mostly) but they all seem pretty basic. On the otherhand discussions on here mostly seem to assume more than I know! So - any conversion tutorials out there for procedural, non-web developers? Thanks in advance Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Mar 31, 1:08 pm, IanJ <ian_johns...-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi > I''m hoping somebody can suggest an intermediate level tutorial or > point me in the right direction.Well, have a try at http://paperc.de where you can read whole books online for free. It''s a German site, but has a lot of english titles. Just search for ruby on rails. ''Suchen'' means search in German :-) I don''t know their business model but it''s really great. Rajiv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
This book is quite useful, you can just get the PDF version if you wish: http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition This is a useful place to get info: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ On Mar 31, 7:08 am, IanJ <ian_johns...-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi > I''m hoping somebody can suggest an intermediate level tutorial or > point me in the right direction. > I''m a moderately experienced programmer (20 + years off and on) but > I''m really struggling to get to grips with Web/RoR development. I''m > reasonably familiar with Python and am getting familiar with Ruby. > Having just spent a whole day trying to get a button to call a method > in a controller I''m clearly missing some fundamental knowledge. > > I''ve worked through a few of the many tutorials with few problems > (wrong Rails version mostly) but they all seem pretty basic. > On the otherhand discussions on here mostly seem to assume more than I > know! > > So - any conversion tutorials out there for procedural, non-web > developers? > > Thanks in advance > Ian-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I agree with Victor, it''s a very good book. But perhaps you can start with a very good starting book that I bought before the mentioned book. It''s Head First Rails. It has a very interesting learning concept which cleared a lot of web concept to me Good luck Le 1 avr. 2010 à 16:44, Victor S a écrit :> This book is quite useful, you can just get the PDF version if you > wish: > > http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition > > This is a useful place to get info: > > http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ > > > > On Mar 31, 7:08 am, IanJ <ian_johns...-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> Hi >> I''m hoping somebody can suggest an intermediate level tutorial or >> point me in the right direction. >> I''m a moderately experienced programmer (20 + years off and on) but >> I''m really struggling to get to grips with Web/RoR development. I''m >> reasonably familiar with Python and am getting familiar with Ruby. >> Having just spent a whole day trying to get a button to call a method >> in a controller I''m clearly missing some fundamental knowledge. >> >> I''ve worked through a few of the many tutorials with few problems >> (wrong Rails version mostly) but they all seem pretty basic. >> On the otherhand discussions on here mostly seem to assume more than I >> know! >> >> So - any conversion tutorials out there for procedural, non-web >> developers? >> >> Thanks in advance >> Ian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Thanks for the replies. I''ll give both the books a read. My gaps do seem to be as much Web related as Rails. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.