Resources for learning Rails 3

I just started learning RoR yesterday. Here is what I've done and what I'm planning to do. It would be great to get some validation.<p>My background: I took intro to C++ in high school six years ago. I wish there was more to say here...<p>Anyhow, here's what I've done: -TryRuby.org (This is suppose to be a 15-minute quick run to try Ruby in my browser. It took me a bit longer.)<p>Here's what I'm doing: -Railsforzombies.org (A longer in-browser interactive tutorial, also free)<p>Here's what I'm planning to do, in no particular order: -Mess around and try to build my rejected YCSummer2011 idea. -<a href="http://www.codeschool.com/courses/rails-best-practices" rel="nofollow">http://www.codeschool.com/courses/rails-best-practices</a> (done by same people at RailforZombies, costs $45)<p>This is my first post to Hacker News. Howdy from Texas.

What? No mention of Michael Hartl's <i>Ruby on Rails Tutorial</i>? It should be the de facto recommendation for everyone new to Rails.<p><a href="http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book" rel="nofollow">http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book</a>

There is no shortcut to knowledge - do, fail, rinse and repeat, until you understand. Until you have installed, understood and successfully ran a rails app, tutorials are just next to useless. Apply apply and apply some more. Follow this guide and <a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html" rel="nofollow">http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html</a>, and don't slack.. Understand every line before you move on..

Agile Web Development With Rails simply cannot be oversold. The first editon of this book was pivotal for me - I just didn't know things could be that way. It should be recommended as a general horizon broadening book to any programmer, web or otherwise.