10 must have Ruby on Rails resources

If you follow my site you’ll know that I’ve recently been learning Ruby on Rails for developing websites/applications, The Big Word Project being my first deployed application using it. I thought I’d share some of the most useful resources that I found extremely helpful.

Forums

1. Rails Forum - Very helpful community. Ask a question and get it answered in no time

1. Ruby Forum - Same goes for this forum. If you’re stuck a simple search should find the solution here

Books

1. Agile Web Development with Rails - Great book for beginners

Blogs/Podcasts

1. Railscasts - Clear simple podcasts from Ryan Bates

1. Ruby Inside - Regularly updated blog with a tonne of resources

1. Ruby on Rails Plugins - A lot of the functions you want to do have already been done and saved as plugins. Why re-invent the wheel?

1. Rails Envy - Interesting blog, podcasts and impressive portfolio from these guys

1. Rails 2.0 Step by Step - A few things changed with the release of Rails 2.0 in December. This will save you a lot of head banging if you’re just starting to learn RoR

Headquarters

1. Official Ruby on Rails homepage - Download and read up on this great framework

1. Rails API - Useful for looking up code

Let me know if there’s anymore that are worth looking at; I still consider myself a noob when it comes to RoR and could do with a lot more training and resources.