Ruby on Rails is great, and a great distraction ;-) Can't wait to see the future articles Jake.
One thing I would recommend is once you have seen how good Rails is, take a step back and learn Ruby the language before delving too much into the Rails framework. It will make learning Rails much easier when you can understand the Ruby syntax / structure.
This was the mistake I made by flying straight into the Rails framework and trying to work out what was the Rails magic and what was standard Ruby.
Incidentally the books can be downloaded directly from the Pragmatic Programmers site - {Link} if anyone cant wait for the hardcopy. I notice they have a new book out called Rails Recipes.
Ruby on Rails is great, and a great distraction ;-) Can't wait to see the future articles Jake.
One thing I would recommend is once you have seen how good Rails is, take a step back and learn Ruby the language before delving too much into the Rails framework. It will make learning Rails much easier when you can understand the Ruby syntax / structure.
This was the mistake I made by flying straight into the Rails framework and trying to work out what was the Rails magic and what was standard Ruby.
Incidentally the books can be downloaded directly from the Pragmatic Programmers site - {Link} if anyone cant wait for the hardcopy. I notice they have a new book out called Rails Recipes.