Ruby Phase 2

Ruby & Rails Tutorials

These are some solid tutorials to get you really going in learning the ins and outs of Ruby and Rails. Don't forget to build something of your own in the meantime.)

• Learn Ruby the Hard Way by Zed Shaw

It isn't really hard so don't get freaked out. Just follow along and learn. Make sure to do what Zed says and you will learn a lot.

Michael Larsen's Notes on this tutorial.

• Learn to Program Chris Pine

• Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl

• YouTube Ruby Tutorials

• Into to Ruby - Code Academy

• Checkout Ruby's Standard Library

  • Ruby 2.1.0 Standard Library Documentation

  • Ruby Standard Library on Github

  • How to try out the Ruby Standard Library Gems

Other Things to Learn

There is a lot more to working in Ruby and Rails than just learning Ruby and Rails. Try out some of the other tools you'll end up using when you work with other people. The best way to learn any of these things is by using them. You can learn a lot of this by contributing to this site.

• Get Good at Github

• Learn HAML

• Learn YAML

• Learn CSS

• Learn SASS

• Learn Javascript

• Learn Markdown

• Learn JSON

Teach Someone

On of the best ways to learn is to teach someone. Once you get a feeling for everything help someone through this process. You know more than you think so don't say you don't. If you can't answer a question then google it together or ask someone with more experience. Either way, it's a great way to find out what you really know, enforce it in your memory and to have fun with a new friend.

Don't Forget to Take a Break

Reset your brain. Rubyists love their cats.

Do a Project

A great way to learn is to do a project. There are examples of projects from members of our group on this page as well as ideas for what you could build and tutorials.

Do a Presentation

Another great way to learn and share your learning is to give a talk, presentation or workshop.