The document discusses the growth of Ruby on Rails as a popular application development tool, emphasizing its flexibility and cost-effectiveness. It presents a list of valuable resources for both novice and experienced Ruby developers, including sites such as ruby-lang.org, tryruby.org, and railsforzombies.org. The blog highlights the supportive and innovative community surrounding Ruby on Rails, encouraging readers to share additional resources.

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Ruby and Rails Around the Web: Fun,
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Posted on October 15, 2012 by balanemani
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We like Ruby and Rails at Amzur Technologies; we make no secret of that. We like
the platform’s flexibility, we like its cost effectiveness. And while we could make a long list of
its technical merits, it’s those two simple, unavoidable facts that have in no small part
contributed to the platform’s popularity. In roughly a decade Rails has grown from a
relatively unknown pet project to a globally recognized application development tool set.
For our customers, the critically important advantages of flexibility and cost performance are
more than enough to justify using Rails for their IT projects. But for application developers
like us, one of Rails’ greatest features is its global community of dedicated, bright, and (yes)
fun users.
And we thought the best way to show you that community is to, well, show you that
community. So we’ve put together a summary of some of the top Rails-related sites around
the web. Some are geared to the novice coder and others are aimed at the pro application
developer, so hopefully there’s a bit of something for everyone. What they all have in
common is they showcase the innovation and user-supported collaboration that we love
about the Ruby and Rails community.
www.ruby-lang.org – Where it all started. Our list of sites would be incomplete if we didn’t
include the location where you can actually download the official version of Ruby. The site
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has downloads, news archives, links to libraries and Ruby user groups, even a ‘Ruby in
Twenty Minutes’ tutorial to get even the greenest newbie programmer started in this
powerful, yet simple and elegant language.
http://tryruby.org – Florida-based Envy Labs’ Code School site has an excellent online
introduction to the Ruby language. Starting with a fifteen-minute interactive tutorial typed
right into your browser, newbies to Ruby don’t even need to download the language to get
started. Says Envy Labs: “We developed Code School as an online educational platform
and a perfect learning cocktail of video resources, coding in the browser, and gamification
principles.”
http://railsforzombies.org – Once a novice coder has acquired a taste for Ruby, we
recommend stopping by the “Rails for Zombies” site (also from Code School) for a fun,
informative lesson in Rails. Touted as the “upgraded way to learn Ruby on Rails in the
browser, with no additional configuration needed,” the site features five videos and
corresponding lessons in Rails coding. “At the core of all our research we found that if
zombies can’t get someone excited about learning to code, nothing can.” Between the
tryruby and railsforzombies sites, we take our hat off to the smart folks at Envy Labs for
creating these fun, innovative learning platforms.
http://www.rubyinside.com – Started in 2006, UK-based Ruby Inside is very likely the most
popular Ruby and Rails blog around, boasting over 25,000 subscribers. Chocked full of the
latest content of interest to the Ruby developer community, the site also includes tutorials,
job postings, and ‘Ruby Weekly,’ a weekly roundup of the latest Ruby and Rails news and
developments.
http://rubysource.com – RubySource is another popular Ruby and Rails site for developers
that provides “advice, tutorials, commentary, and insight into the Ruby and Rails
ecosystem.” Developed and maintained by Ruby enthusiasts, the site actively encourages
readers to contribute topics and expertise to further the site’s state goal: “to be better Ruby
developers.”
The above list of great Ruby and Rails sites for developers is, of course, not exhaustive, and
no doubt we’ve left out a few deserving sites. Did we miss one of your favorites? Let us
know! We’d love to hear about more developer-oriented Ruby or Rails sites you think
should be included in this list.
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