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I had multiple years or coding experience in other languages. Learning RoR hasn't been pretty. But I'm pretty impressed by the language and framework so far.

1) I'd highly recommend taking the Rails for Zombies course. it is free from code school. 2) In terms of online resources, RailsGuide and RailsTutorial have both been quite useful. 3) In terms of books, I like the Agile book. I like the reference in the second half of the book more than the tutorial coverage (which I also got from the sources listed in #2 above)

Some tips:

a) While scaffolding seems cool when you first see it, I suggest not using it for your first project. It hides too much stuff that you should probably understand.

b) I'd suggest going with Rails 3.0 for now. That's the advice I got.

c) I'm using MacOS and heroku. Fantastic experience so far!

d) Don't start with mastering the ruby language first. I did a quick primer and got started with rails.