Comments on: Ten Things Every New Rails Developer Should Know http://web3skills.com/2008/11/18/ten-things-every-new-rails-developer-should-know/ Harnessing the Real-Time Web Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Troy Gaylord http://web3skills.com/2008/11/18/ten-things-every-new-rails-developer-should-know/#comment-72 Troy Gaylord Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:02:20 +0000 http://webskills.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-72 Good list. I really do need to get going with #5. I'd also have to say that while I do like TextMate I've found that for learning, the "Goto Definition" option in NetBeans is quite valuable. Being able to hold down the Command key and click a method name and having it take you to to the methods definition is a very powerful feature. Makes for a good way to learn. I tend to read the code and comments for Rails and other plugins/gems before I go to external documentation. Good list. I really do need to get going with #5.
I’d also have to say that while I do like TextMate I’ve found that for learning, the “Goto Definition” option in NetBeans is quite valuable. Being able to hold down the Command key and click a method name and having it take you to to the methods definition is a very powerful feature. Makes for a good way to learn. I tend to read the code and comments for Rails and other plugins/gems before I go to external documentation.

]]> By: Chris Schmitt http://web3skills.com/2008/11/18/ten-things-every-new-rails-developer-should-know/#comment-69 Chris Schmitt Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:27:22 +0000 http://webskills.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-69 Nick, thanks for your comment. Yes, I agree that Linux would work just as well, as well as Emacs etc. The point of my article is that if your starting from scratch the choices I suggest will make your life easier, but it's certainly not the only choice. For me, I like the paper version of a few books to read when I don't have my Mac readily available, i.e. on the bus, at the breakfast table, in bed, especially the ones I need to read 6 times before it starts to sink in. But 90% of books are soft copies - I'm a huge fan of Apress's Deal of the Day and I really like PragProgrammer's beta book program (in fact I just downloaded their latest RSpec book :) - Chris Nick, thanks for your comment. Yes, I agree that Linux would work just as well, as well as Emacs etc. The point of my article is that if your starting from scratch the choices I suggest will make your life easier, but it’s certainly not the only choice.

For me, I like the paper version of a few books to read when I don’t have my Mac readily available, i.e. on the bus, at the breakfast table, in bed, especially the ones I need to read 6 times before it starts to sink in. But 90% of books are soft copies – I’m a huge fan of Apress’s Deal of the Day and I really like PragProgrammer’s beta book program (in fact I just downloaded their latest RSpec book :)

- Chris

]]> By: Nick Hoffman http://web3skills.com/2008/11/18/ten-things-every-new-rails-developer-should-know/#comment-68 Nick Hoffman Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:09:10 +0000 http://webskills.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-68 #s 3-6,9 and 10 are good tips. I agree with #1's "don't use Windows", but don't agree that one should only use Mac OS. GNU/Linux is just as good of a development environment for Rails apps, and it will mimic your staging and production environments more closely than Mac OS. For #2, I wouldn't go as far as saying "only use TextMate". How about "use a full-featured editor, such as TextMate, Emacs, ViM, etc"? For #6, why bother having a paper version of each book? Softcopies are much more useful because you can search through them with ease, as well as copy and paste text. #s 3-6,9 and 10 are good tips. I agree with #1’s “don’t use Windows”, but don’t agree that one should only use Mac OS. GNU/Linux is just as good of a development environment for Rails apps, and it will mimic your staging and production environments more closely than Mac OS.

For #2, I wouldn’t go as far as saying “only use TextMate”. How about “use a full-featured editor, such as TextMate, Emacs, ViM, etc”?

For #6, why bother having a paper version of each book? Softcopies are much more useful because you can search through them with ease, as well as copy and paste text.

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