Here are 16 ways to learn Rails. I came up with this list two years ago before I had a blog. My goal is to flush out each of these items with links over the next few weeks.
1. Read “The Books”

Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition

The Rails Way

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As part of the TipDish project, we needed to use Rmagick to manipulate avatars.
I was real sad to see it required 6+ pages of install instructions for OS X. The Windows install is MUCH simpler.
I was ready to pay someone to install it for me.
But I decided to just plod through the instructions.
Luckily I […]

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When trying to run a Rails application recently I ran into the following error.
undefined method gem for main:Object (NoMethodError)
To get passed this I had to do this command:
gem update –system

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The Lone Star state is getting it’s own Ruby conference, Lone Star Ruby Conf. This is SOOO close to Houston, I might get to go. Now I wonder if Rails will be covered.

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The Houston Ruby and Rails Group meets tomorrow, May 8th at 6PM:
Find out more here: http://houston-ror.pbwiki.com/Meetings

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