More people keep me asking about how to get started with Rails. , Here is my suggestion:

• Installation
• Windows: Be sure to check out Instant Rails, , a preconfigured and ready to run Ruby on Rails package. , Or you can use the first part of the Rolling with Ruby on Rails tutorial.
• Linux:
• If you do not have Ruby installed, , either get it from http://www.ruby-lang.org , , or use the package management system of your distribution.
• Install RubyGems:download it from http://rubygems.rubyforge.org, , unpack and install with

  sudo ruby setup.rb

• Install rails:

  sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies

• The tutorials
• Probably the simplest thing after you have installed Rails is to start with Four Days On Rails. , It is a simple and practical guide to get a quick overview of the possibilities of Rails, , illustrated through building a real-life application.
• Another very good inroduction is Curtis Hibb’s Rolling with Ruby on Rails. , It is more detailed than the first tutorial, , also includes a full installation guide (for Win32). , Part 2 can be found here, , and Ajax on Rails is the third part dealing with (surprise!) Ajax in Rails.
• Amy Hoy has another nice introduction here.

• Books
• The bible of Rails development is definitely the Jolt-award winner Agile Development with Rails. , If you would like to do more serious Rails development than just write some simple applications after reading the tutorials, , i definitely recommend you to buy this book. , The tutorials are very good to get the idea of what is RoR about, , but they can not substitute the book.
• There are more interesting books out there, , like Rails Recipes or Ruby for Rails but to get you started, , the above mentioned book should be enough. , If you want more, , be sure to check out these as well.

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