Ruby is a Japanese object-oriented scripting language that is meant to make programming fun. Ruby on Rails is a web programming framework built on Ruby, but strongly influenced by the rapid development of PHP and the organization and rigor (and testing) of J2EE. It uses Model-View-Controller framework and encourages separate development, testing and production environments. It even builds unit-testing stubs automatically.

The author of Rails calls it “opinionated software.” If you like to program the way he thinks you should, you’ll find Rails convenient and quick. It is gaining quite a bit of popularity. This UCLA Knowledgebase is built on Ruby on Rails.

• http://rubyonrails.org/

• Introductions
  • ONLamp.com: What Is Ruby on Rails
  • Rails Myths – by David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails

• Tutorials
  • ONLamp.com: Rolling with Ruby on Rails and Part 2
  • Four Days on Rails
  • Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
  • Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby

• Documentation
  • Rails Documentation Projects – January 15, 2009
  • Just about everyone’s documentation is outdated. So if you want to stay up-to-date with Rails documentation, it’s recommended that you read the edge documentation at http://caboo.se/. Taken from Jose Hales-Garcia email to rails@lists.ucla.edu 8-2-06
  • RailsBrain: Fast, Ajax Powered Rails Documentation

• Apple has published some good articles covering Rails development
  • Developing Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard
  • Customizing Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard
  • Deploying Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard

• UCLA Resources
  • UCLA Rails Mailing List
  • Who is using Rails at UCLA?

• Other Resources
  • http://podcast.rubyonrails.com/
  • http://api.rubyonrails.com/
  • http://del.icio.us/tag/rubyonrails
  • http://rubyinside.com/ – blog
  • RubyConf 2008 Videos available online
  • regex testing webapp and intro discussing it
  • Free Hosting of Apps
    • Heroku and HerokuGarden
    • http://herokugarden.com/