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Excellent list, but why the bit.ly links?

Hey Matt,

Thanks, glad you find it useful. My reasoning for the bit.ly links is so that I can see what types of resources readers of the EY blog find interesting so that I can cater future posts and tutorials with that in mind. I know that google analytics does the same thing, but I myself do not have access to that and all I need to know is what links were clicked on not everything else.

I did not expect people to find the bit.ly links annoying. Is there something about them I am missing? I wouldn't have done it if I thought people would find it to be an annoyance.

God bless you for putting this list up. This is so helpful to beginners like me. Thanks!!

Hey Chris,

I'm glad this list helped you out. If you have any suggestions on topics that you would like more information on let me know. I need some more ideas for other blog posts or potential screencasts.

IMHO, ruby5 podcats is missing in this list although it's not necessarily beginner oriented (like railscasts)

One downside of bit.ly links is that these excellent resources do not get the regular pagerank boost from the Googlebot. This interview states that 301 redirects do not pass the full page & link value (http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/021832.html).

ruby5 was one of the podcasts I was considering. The reason I decided against it was that it really didn't teach you, but rather informed you about cool new projects, gems, etc… that have recently come out or been talked about.

Ahh, yea I figured that would be another concern. It is a shame that happens. I will make sure to find another way of keeping track of link information for myself for future posts either by getting google analytics access or through some other means.

Danish, you can use event tracking on those links (Mixpanel/ Google Analytics Event tracking)

You can use Google Analytics Onlick tracking:
http://storecrowd.com/blog/analytics-track-subscr…

It's slightly different if you're using the Async code but this will allow you to see top outbound links :)

Have you checked out BitNami RubyStack. It is great to quickly get an up-to-date environment running for development or learning purposes (http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack)

Not trying to start a debate but sn't that true for 'The Ruby Show' as well. It doesn't teach but inform you about the news as well.

Do you know if there are tutorials in Spanish?

That is true, I suppose when I was creating the list to be the brevity of the Ruby5 on top of just information seemed like it wouldn't be useful to people who were new to Rails. I feel that information is useful if the person can at least gain some knowledge about the community and people. Ruby5 is useful and I listen to it everyday, but I feel you don't gain too much knowledge about anything with it, but rather just a nice summary of cool things that are out there. Again, I know there are other great resources out there I just used my best judgement to create a list I felt would be useful. I didn't want to put every single resource I know and enjoy because I felt that would be too much.

FWIW, I've aggregated all the ruby/rails screencasts I could find here:
http://www.learnivore.com

Danish, thanks for the great list. I'm teaching myself RoR right now, and it's great have more fuel to add to the fire (not often you get to use that idiom in a good way). I would add to this list (and I'm in no way connected to any of these companies) the Lynda.com course on Rails 3.0 by Kevin Skoglund <a href="http://(http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=55960)” target=”_blank”>(http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=55960) and the Learning Rails course by Michael Slater and Christopher Haupt on BuildingWebApps.com <a href="http://(http://www.buildingwebapps.com/learningrails)” target=”_blank”>(http://www.buildingwebapps.com/learningrails). Learning Rails is free. And while the Lynda.com course requires a subscription, it's cheap and there is a lot of content and Skoglund course is good quality. BuildingWebApps.com also seems to be a good general resource for Rails.

Great list! I would like to point out that Obie is coming out with the new Rails 3 way soon (December if Amazon has got it right) . Here is the link – http://amzn.to/9lZb6v

Thanks for putting this up.

Shortend urls break the web, add an extra level of indirection, – you've no idea what those bit.ly links will be pointing to a year from now. So why use them if they're not necessary. Here's a good overview:
http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorte…

Thanks for highlighting Teach Me To Code. Can you change the link to http://teachmetocode.com or http://teachmetocode.com/screencasts/ ?

The /itunes link is only used to generate a feed for iTunes and isn't set up to give people what they're looking for.

I have updated the post to have the base url for all the resources. My apologizes to the creators of those resources. My intentions were never to take away from your PageRanks.

Also, I will be adding resources recommended by people in the comments on the post, HN, and Reddit shortly. So if you have any you want added let me know soon.

Hey Charles,

The link is updated. I am adding some more commenter suggestions into the post and I'll have it updated in a few minutes.

You got to add http://railstutorial.org/ to your list.

Thanks for the suggestion I have added it to the post.

It is in the list both in online tutorials and screencasts.

Awesome! Thanks for the resource Stuart.

Good to know. Thanks Rob.

Sweet, Yea I've been meaning to look into services like mixpanel and even kissmetrics.

Sadly I have to say I do not know of any tutorials that are in Spanish. If I ever come across anything I will let you know.

How about adding DrinkRails.com to the list of blogs? It finds the best blogs of the day and links to only those.

There should be a mention of rvm (http://rvm.beginrescueend.com). Nobody should start learning Ruby without being aware of rvm.

Hey Peter,

I'm actually working on a tutorial right now on how to set-up your local machine for rails development that should be out shortly. It will guide Mac, Windows, and Linux users on getting their computer set-up and ready to create something awesome.

Thanks for collecting these links, really helpful!

Add this one to the list: http://www.rubyinside.com/how-to-install-ruby-1-9…

I've added it to our getting started with ruby on rails documentation tutorial for anyone that is setting up with ubuntu [http://docs.engineyard.com/appcloud/tutorials/setup-environment]

As a newb considering rails to build apps (basic php and actionsccript knowledge), how much of a math wiz should I be to even considder learning rails ?

The basic tuts Ive done so far (Zombies) were fun and somewhat challenging as it's all so new to me but I thoroughly enjoyed it but I don't want to be naive or waste my time ? I'm not as young as I used to be pushing 30.

I'd argue that Rails is ideally suited for you. Once you get some of Rails' conventions memorized and you start leveraging RubyGems you'll be a lot more productive that with php.

I would have to agree with Gerlando. I would say the Math wiz part isn't a problem unless you want to create applications that require you to really understand mathematical data.

I would say the hardest part coming from another language would be understanding the MVC model, which Rails for Zombies went over for you in good detail. Once you get that and as Gerlando said leverage RubyGems you will be able to push out a rails application a lot faster than with a lot of other languages and I would say that if you start following the Test Driven-Development (TDD) model of building your applications as well you'll have an application out faster that is also well tested.

Thank you

Yes I'm not very mathy, but I do feel I grasp the MVC well.. I guess your never too old. I'll continue learning and working with the many learning resources to grow. Thank you

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Thanks for the great list. I’m teaching myself RoR right now, and it’s great have more fuel to add to the fire (not often you get to use that idiom in a good way). 

http://rubymonk.com/ deservers a mention here!

http://rubymonk.com/ deservers a mention here!