Ruby on Rails® for Microsoft Developers

A.2. Ruby and Rails

The Ruby and Rails communities are some of the most active in the development world. Because of this, you'll find an incredible wealth of information available for free online.

This section points out only some must-see links to tutorials and other useful resources in general as you start to explore the community and what it has to offer.

A.2.1. Useful Links

• Ruby on Rails homepage: http://rubyonrails.org

• Ruby homepage: http://ruby-lang.org

• Official Rails blog: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org

• Rails source code: http://github.com/rails/rails

• Rails bug tracker: http://rails.lighthouseapp.com

• List of Rails plugins (and more): http://www.railslodge.com

• Rails screencasts: http://railscasts.com (free) and http://peepcode.com (commercial)

• Weekly Rails podcasts: http://www.railsenvy.com/podcast

• Ruby and Rails documentation: http://ruby-doc.org and http://apidock.com

• Working with Rails: http://www.workingwithrails.com

• Ruby/Rails Open Source code hosting: http://rubyforge.org and http://github.com

• Try Ruby in your browser: http://tryruby.hobix.com

• Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

• An absolute beginner guide to programming in Ruby: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

• The Book of Ruby (a highly recommended, comprehensive guide): http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Book-Of-Ruby

A.2.2. Hosting Services

Over the years a large number of hosting companies have added support for Rails. There are virtually countless such companies at this point and listing all of them here ...