[Rhodee]

Beginning last year I was in the same about you appear to be in. I can say, with a lot of confidence, I disagree with the previous comment. BECAUSE Ruby is such an articulate language it was fairly easy for me to pick up, with no formal CS classes in over 15 years. Might I suggest IF you have 1 year and 4hrs a day do the following:

1. Spend three months just in Ruby. I recommend LRTHW (Shaw) and LTP (Pine)

2. Code School 1 & 2.

3. Hartl (will hurt your head in a good way)

4. Repeat Step 1

5. Make apps, learn a few front-end frameworks (bootstrap, zurb-foundation) along the way.

6. Hit the IRC.

[gamechangr]

I do have the time and am considering Code Academy in Chicago, but after more investigation I have began to wonder if RoR is really for beginners..because it borrows so much from others.

I had planned to take a year and learn it full-time starting in March, but I am having second thoughts.

thanks for the post

[Rhodee]

I think one of the strengths of Ruby and thus RoR is its kind of simple. Although I will admit the leap to 3.1 was probably more difficult than it ought to have been. I can only speak for NYC but joining the local meetup community has done wonders for my skill building. But remember, this is a ten year process =) Good luck!