My friend Darrell Silver runs this company, their approach is that you pay them by the month a flat fee, and in exchange you get 1-on-1 tutoring and mentoring by an expert.
Personally, especially when learning languages (Ruby, Javascript, etc) I find Google to be very bad at helping me learn a new language and am a big fan of O'reilly books. I learned Ruby reading this book: http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Programming-Language-David-Flanagan/dp/0596516177 (On the other hand, there are a lot of good Rails resources available online.) (However, I noticed that the book has not been updated for Ruby 2.0, which is unfortunate because it is an excellent resource) I strongly recommend you focus on the fundamentals of Ruby before trying to get too deep into Rails. Some people try to learn both together, and while this is possible you often find yourself getting stuck on the syntax of Ruby and that can slow down your learning of Rails. On Aug 15, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Sean Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > I am new to Rails. I have done the Rails Tutorial by Hartl I have done the > Ruby tutorial at Code Academy , completed the theEngineering Berkeley > Software as Service course, done a Coursera course, and read a few basic > books (Ruby on Rails 4 Guide). > > First of all, the tutorial by Hartl is excellent. Really helped me get an > overview. It's where I should have started my quest, but I started with the > Coursera course which was really a copy-paste exercise. I then did the EdX > (Berkeley) course which was pretty hard but the Ruby part was good. I did > not do any pairing in the course and had lots of trouble toward the end > getting the RSpec testing concepts. I got the certificate but did not feel > confident to go on to part 2. I then did the Hartl tutorial which clarified > a lot. The ruby course at Code Academy was very good too (prerequisite for > EdX course) > > I am stuck on my first app. I find myself re-reading general documentation > for answers which is getting old. I picked up the Rails 4 Way book but that > looked a bit advanced. I have read so general stuff much that I am > forgetting basics ;-) - like how to use Ruby. > > I wonder how to get specific help when you work alone, are self funded, and > do not have a budget for support or training. I posted a question to stack > overflow, but a few days have gone by and not usable answer yet. I have > heard of airpair but could run up a bill pretty fast with $60-90+ per hour. > > Any ideas or general thoughts on getting help with projects when you hit a > snag or want a feature that is beyond your current abilities? I used elance > for a php project once. Result took much longer than promised and had lots > of mistakes before it was right. I have again begun to wonder about using > contractors from on one of these elance type sites. What have you tried when > hitting a roadblock or have bigger vision than current skills? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/EAD1D5C9-66B9-4F1C-9348-A6C75F52F87A%40datatravels.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
