Resources for Getting Started with Ruby on Rails

I started learning Rails a few months ago, just before version 3 came out. My #1 tip - install Ruby Version Manager! Playing around with various different versions of Ruby, Rails and various gems, I managed to get my setup into a pretty broken state more than once. RVM lets you manage multiple Ruby installs on the same machine, which basically means that if you screw something up (or find out that a gem you needed to use won't work right with your version of Ruby/Rails) you don't have to reconfigure your entire machine.<p>If I had taken the time to install it straight away I would have saved a lot of wasted effort.

There are other places with nice screencasts, like :<p>- Teach me to code: <a href="http://teachmetocode.com/" rel="nofollow">http://teachmetocode.com/</a><p>- Lernivore: (this is an aggregator) <a href="http://learnivore.com/" rel="nofollow">http://learnivore.com/</a><p>Even they are not rails specific I found this interesting:<p>- Katacasts: <a href="http://katacasts.com/" rel="nofollow">http://katacasts.com/</a><p>- Remi: <a href="http://remi.org/" rel="nofollow">http://remi.org/</a> (I think he has stop uploading anything new)<p>- Vimcast: <a href="http://vimcasts.org/" rel="nofollow">http://vimcasts.org/</a><p>- Ruby Pulse: <a href="http://rubypulse.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rubypulse.com/</a><p>I also like to check out Confreaks to see the sessions of some conferences<p><a href="http://confreaks.net/events" rel="nofollow">http://confreaks.net/events</a>

I also recommend this website for a good collection of blogs entries daily. <a href="http://www.planetrubyonrails.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.planetrubyonrails.com/</a><p>Good list. There's a few sites I haven't been to yet. Not a fan of bit.ly links though. I like knowing exactly where the links are going to

If you are a beginner, the rails tutorial is just awesome. It describes every step you take - really, really great stuff.

I updated the post so that you know where the links are taking you.

I have updated the post to have the base url for all the resources. My apologizes to the creators of those resources. My intentions were never to take away from your PageRanks.<p>Also, I will be adding resources recommended by people in the comments on the post, HN, and Reddit shortly. So if you have any you want added let me know soon.

WPGTR: <a href="http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/" rel="nofollow">http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/</a>

Updated the post to include suggestions by commenters on the blog, HN, and twitter.

Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby and Foundation of Rails 2, should be on that list.

That link doesn't work for me. Anyone else having issues?