Development under Rails. Where to begin?

Question

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So, I plan to study Ruby and then develop web applications and sites on RoR.
1) There are myths that studying takes a little time, and after 3 months you can already start working (freelance). True/no? And how long did it take you to learn the language and framework to the level at which you can enter the freelance exchange?
2) Where do you recommend to start? Step by step please.
A little about myself: student, no work experience in similar activities. Knowledge of the C ++ language at the level: I have an idea about OOP, but there is nothing behind me.
I know this is not enough, but there is good time, and it is pointless to postpone until better times.

Answer 1

1) With almost zero knowledge, I raised the first, though heaped, business card after 2 weeks
2) It’s worth starting with such a book pragprog.com/book/rails4/agile-web-development-wit... and with such an environment https:// github.com/rails/rails-dev-box , if you need a deeper knowledge of ruby, you can take such a thick book pragprog.com/book/ruby4/programming-ruby-1-9-2-0

Answer 2

Right now I'm learning Ruby and Rail. I started a week ago, the course of action is as follows:
1. A third of the Ruby course on CodeSchool
2. Passing the full free TryRuby course from CodeSchool
3. (right now) passing the railstutorial.ru tutorial, the information there is relevant for the current moment (except for the version of a couple of gems and the ruby, now 2.1.0 is relevant, 2.0.0 is offered there). I am now going through the 9th chapter of 11, there is nothing super-transcendental there. I have already begun to build my own system based on what I have learned and peeping into the textbook.
Then I plan to finish the Ruby course on Kodakademi and gradually develop my service (the idea has been hatched for a long time, Rails seems to be an ideal platform for implementation).
I also want to read the book already recommended here.pragprog.com/book/rails4/agile-web-development-wit... will probably have to read in English, because the Russian version is already outdated.
Ask your answers, maybe I can help with something else.

Answer 3

Recently I started to master the rails, before that I passed the ruby ​​on kodakademi.
I started by messing up my system, then reinstalled it, installed a virtual machine. I decided to put Centos on the virtual machine. For several days I copulated with the installation of the rails: either the version of the gems is not the same, then the version of the ruby ​​is not the same (it was decided by installing rvm). Finally, everything works and we have a working rails server.
I can also recommend the railstutorial.ru tutorial. At the moment, this is the best that is in Russian, in my opinion.

Answer 4

Either I'm blind, or really no one has thrown it off yet!
Michael Hartl - Learning Rails by Example. railstutorial.ru/chapters/4_0/beginning There is probably nothing
better to get started in Rails.
UPD: No, I found it, they still threw it

Answer 5

At one time, the courses on codeschool.org helped a lot - they are worth the money. There is not very scrupulous coverage of the moments of setting up the working environment, but the ideology of Rails and Ruby is conveyed in a very accessible and effective way.
For me, studying there was much more effective than studying from articles and books, it helped me successfully and on time (!) Submit the first project at my first rails job, which I wrote alone after a couple of months of lazy poking in RoR.