some probably useful links to get into Ruby on Rails

As I am going to use this blog here as a sync’ed resource for stuff I might need at work and at home, I’m going to dump some Ruby/Rails links in here, taken from my local Wiki:

   Update: I foster a separate page of useful links for getting into RoR.

• a Slideshare presentation on Rails
• official notes on the release of Rails 2.0
• What’s new in Rails 2.0
• a practical introduction into Rails 2.0, including a mini-HOWTO to get Rails 2.0 onto a Debian Etch
• tutorial on connecting a database and a model
• tutorial on Migrations
• tutorial for rails older than 2.0
• documentation/book(s) on the RubyGem Tool

Some tools for using Rails:

• ease creating rails views
• ease dealing with CSS
• Sake: rails x subversion
• a tool I got suggested for several times now, already: Piston (but still not figured out what it is really for I didn’t figure it out by myself, but Piston’s author, François Beausoleil, helped me out: Piston is a tool “to manage dependencies, and upgrade them at a time of your choosing.” Thanks, François!)
• rails x apache

Getting Help:

• Ruby on Rails Help and Discussion Forum
• RoR user groups in Germany
• the Rails API (also ajaxed up)

Rails on Debian Etch:

• Debian folks on the issue
• install Rails 2.0 on a Debian Etch (followed by a basic introduction into using Rails 2.0)

Rails for PHP folks:

• evolving from PHP to rails
• Amy Hoy’s famous blog, also mentioning her shift from PHP to rails

See also:

• Haiku ML instead of rhtml