Re: [Hampshire] Ruby on Rails communities in the UK

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ruby on Rails communities in the UK

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Steve Kemp wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 02:18:26PM +0000, Simon Capstick wrote:
>> Tony Whitmore wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend helpful community resources for people learning Ruby
>>> on Rails here in the UK? I'm thinking IRC channels, fora, etc.
>
> http://rubyforums.com/ is the only site I've ever used in addition
> to the Agil Web Development with Rails book. (And a copy of
> Programming Ruby.)


I have the Agile Web Development book, and have worked my way through
the first few chapters a couple of times. I usually hit the barrier of
"well, that's just fine for the example, but how do I apply it to my own
project?" And it takes time to learn to the built-in functions too.

>> I'm just starting to look at Ruby on Rails myself (between other
>> duties). Maybe we could have a RoR community of two on Hantslug ;-)
>
> Could be fun! I'm slowly getting the hang of rails development
> although I have only written one application which is in serious
> use.


Well, it might come to that. :)

Tony