Jamie's Blog
Ruby developer. CTO. Swimmer. Always trying to write more
Everything I know about… Learning Rails
This is part of a series of articles which attempts to encapsulate everything I know about a subject at the time of writing. It does not mean I'm an expert. If anything, it encapsulates my naivete at the time of writing but I still hope this information will be useful to those a little earlier on their journey. These are the things I wish I could have learnt the easy way
This file was last updated at 2022-06-17 21:51:52 +0000
Why you should/shouldn’t listen to me
I seriously started learning Rails back in around 2008 after a bad car accident and I eventually found a way to transition out of Java and into Rails for my full-time job. Everything has changed since then so, to be honest, I have no idea how to learn Rails in 2021. None of the resources I used are relevant today but people do occasionally still ask me how to learn Rails.
These are the places I’d currently point them to…
A print book: Agile web development with Rails 6
This is actually a revised edition of a book I have read… but back in the Rails 4 days.
https://pragprog.com/titles/rails6/agile-web-development-with-rails-6/
A comprehensive course: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial
A practical course: Learn Rails by Building Instagram
This is a practical course written by Andrea, one of our developers at Podia. In it, you learn Rails by building Instagram, an app you’re probably pretty familiar with.
https://store.afomera.dev/learn-rails-by-building-instagram
Bite-sized videos: GoRails
GoRails is the modern successor to RailsCasts, which provided me with that just-in-time learning when I was starting with Rails. The videos are great and the community is excellent.
