So I’ve spent the better part of today installing and playing with Ruby on Rails on my Mac. For those who don’t know, RoR is a server-side Web application framework that facilitates the production of dynamic Web sites and Web applications. At the moment, I’m hip-deep in all this stuff and don’t have much time for blogging tonight. So instead of an in depth post, here are a few links to Ruby on Rails sites that have helped me get up and running.
- Hivelogic - Installing rails on OS X.
- A great “Hello World” tutorial from the RubyonRails.org documentation.
- Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby - I haven’t finished it yet, but this is an extremely fun guide to the Ruby programming language.
- Start to put it all together and fill in the gaps with this piece by Amy Hoy
- Beginner’s guide to using AJAX on Rails - This is actually what I’ve been working on today with this book
to guide me. But this piece on the O’Reilly Web site is a good introduction to the process.
RoR is such a popular framework these days, and the amount of information about it on the Web is pretty daunting. But hopefully I’ve done some of the grunt work for you, and these links will get you going. As I get further along in my own Rails education, I’ll post more about my experiences.
By the way, I resisted the urge to call this piece “Rob on Rails” out of some misguided attempt at professionalism. We’ll see how I feel about that in the morning.
