Learn Ruby and Rails

New to Ruby and/or Rails? Welcome! Here are a list of resources to start off with. If you liked something that's not mentioned here, add it!

Totally new to programming? Looking for a workshop? Check out RailsBridge! Its a free day-long intensive workshop for women looking to learn Ruby. http://workshops.railsbridge.org/

Ruby

http://tryruby.org/ and http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/ruby are both sites that let you start coding Ruby without having it installed on your computer. Great if you just want to test it out or you need something to do while Ruby/Rails is downloading.

Rails

RailsApps is a great collection of rails examples and tutorials. If you're not sure what the difference is between Ruby and Rails, read this overview of rails.

• RailsApps compendium of tutorials
• Michael Hartl's free book on learning Rails