Episode 80: Even More Betterer

November 1, 2013

Running time: 28 minutes

Jonathan and Kelli talk about Ruby and Rails: learning resources, application considerations, and Kelli’s big win!

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Ruby/Rails Resources

Kelli’s recommendations for learning Ruby and/or Rails...

Ruby

• Matthew Stopa - The Rapid Rubyist
• Learn Ruby the Hard Way
• Sandi Metz - Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

Facets of Ruby Series

• Dave Thomas - Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (The Facets of Ruby)
• Sam Ruby - Agile Web Development with Rails 4 (Facets of Ruby)

Other Books

• The Ruby on Rails Tutorial

Online Resources for Rails

• RailsCasts - get the Pro account
• Ruby Koans
• Github's Ruby Style Guide

Testing

• Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec
• Better Specs

BONUS!

• Rails Forum