5. Ruby on Rails Tutorial
● Start here!
● Full stack
○ Ruby on Rails
○ Git/GitHub
○ HTML/CSS
○ TDD
○ Heroku
○ …
● http://www.railstutorial.org/
6. Rails Guides
● Official and up to date documentation
● I still use it
● http://guides.rubyonrails.org/
7. Agile Web Development with Rails 4
● Build e-commerce site in Rails way
● Up to date
● https://pragprog.com/book/rails4/agile-web-development-
with-rails-4
8. Upcase by thoughtbot
● Exercises
● Forum
● Source code access
● Workshops, videos
● Mentoring
● https://upcase.com/
9. Google and Stackoverflow
● Because someone else already had the
same problem
● But try to understand it anyway!
10. Railscasts
● Small Rails screencasts
● Not up to date, but still useful
● http://railscasts.com/
12. Practice 1/2
"If you want to pick up a new skill, you must
practice. There's no other way. Make the time,
and do the work. The only time you can choose
to practice is today."
Josh Kaufman (The First 20 Hours)
13. Practice 2/2
● Find yourself some project
○ Toy project for yourself
○ Something for a friend
○ Work for free