A lot of people tweet and G+, etc. now but unless you are into that here are a few:
Rails: http://www.rubyinside.com/ http://jonathanleighton.com/articles/ http://yehudakatz.com/ (now mostly Ember and not much on the blog recently) http://tenderlovemaking.com/ http://broadcastingadam.com/ http://rubyonrails.org/core JRuby, etc.: http://blog.headius.com/ The best thing though in the beginning is to just code though. It will make more sense that way. I usually only catch up on blogs when I'm searching for something. Hacker News is my biggest time sink: http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/newest On Friday, October 5, 2012 11:36:48 AM UTC-4, Richard McKenna wrote: > > Yeah the Ruby Essential training is 1.8.6 and Ruby on Rails Essential > training is 1.9.2 and 3.0.0. I've already been caught out by the changes to > migrations but didn't really cause any problems after reading the rails > guide on migrations. > > I'll be taking a look at all the suggestions tonight, I'm actually quite > excited about starting with a new language. > > Are there any personal blogs for well known members of the community that > are worth a look. > > I'm coming from a ColdFusion background and enjoy reading blogs like > Raymond Camden's and Ben Nadal's where they regularly posts how too's and > ask Ray/Ben type things. > > Thanks, Richard > > > On Friday, 5 October 2012 16:00:35 UTC+1, gsw wrote: >> >> Yes, and that will be the same for railscasts, peepcode, and everything >> else. Things change quickly. But agree- I used to work somewhere that had >> access to Lynda and when I checked it their stuff was older, but like >> anything, maybe they have new content by the time you read this. >> >> On Friday, October 5, 2012 10:50:22 AM UTC-4, Walter Lee Davis wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Richard McKenna wrote: >>> >>> > Thanks guys, much appreciated. >>> > >>> >>> I haven't tried them myself, but I've seen anecdotal evidence that the >>> Lynda tutorials are using really old versions of Rails. Might be a good >>> idea to go through railstutorial.org with an eye to "un-learning" any >>> bad habits you might have picked up at Lynda. >>> >>> Walter >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/MWj5fKXpw0IJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
