Getting Started: Learning RoR for a ASP.Net MVC/C# Developer

I am an ASP.Net MVC / C# de开发者_高级运维veloper looking to get started with Ruby on Rails. Could you point me out to any books / tutorials which would help jump ships quickly.

I am familiar with MVC, Castle Active Record and jquery.

Thanks

Having just gone through this and looking for the best ways to learn ruby and rails I found the following most useful:

• http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails (covers Rails 3) I found this a good starting place to go through the basics of rails and while reading this I was able to follow along and build the application.
• http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ Instead of building an application you get the vertical view of rails - i.e., sections to understand models, caching, views, layouts, etc. This is a great resource to follow along and read the sections you are dealing with.
• http://www.railscasts.com As you come across something you need to implement - e.g., many to many relationships this site provides some great examples and walkthroughs.

As a C# developer you may be slightly confused by Ruby. Here are the sites I recommend for learning Ruby:

• http://www.fincher.org/tips/Languages/Ruby/ Although not formatted great - I found this one very useful to get the gist of Ruby syntax.
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ Another great easy to follow tutorial

Lastly just try out some code.

Good luck!

I enjoyed Ruby on Rails for .NET Developers

How quick you can jump ships is really dependent on how fast you pick up the Ruby language and a new IDE. If you already know MVC and ActiveRecord you'll probably fly right along.

Heroku is really really really cool. Definitely try it out.

Welcome to the rails world :) !

Here is some links that may interest you :

• There is a fun way to learn : railsforzombies.org
• You can watch great screencast at : railscasts.com
• You can find a free book here it is very complete : railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book
• I also found this : www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1816/top-ruby-on-rails-tutorials

There should be a lot more.

Have fun !

Ya right of now Ruby on Rails 3 is so proper among RoR developer. so get update on it.

Beginning Rails 3 - http://apress.com/book/view/9781430224334

Agile web development Rails 3 - http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails

These two books are rocking new learning and making a step on RoR.

and if u want video tutorial, go for Railscasts and Teachmecode