<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">>Anyone who has a serious interest in the Ruby scripting language or in the<br>>Ruby on Rails Web application framework should consider Adrien's class. <br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">>I know that Adrien had been doing serious Rails consulting work, so this<br>>is a valuable opportunity.<br><br>Thanks, Rick, I appreciate the endorsement.<br><br>I posted this on BerkeleyLUG and was surprised to get some very snarky<br>replies, and even more surprised when the Berkeley LUG list moderator<br>wouldn't post my responses. Guess one should stay away from "curated"<br>lists where the moderator reviews all posts; I never did care for dictators.<br>Now I understand why so few people attend
that group's meetings and <br>why they only have 99 members on their mailing list.<br><br>Anyway, one of the posters/trolls suggested people would be better off viewing<br>online Ruby and Rails tutorials. While there is no substitute for learning from<br>someone with actual experience "in the trenches," I agree that many people<br>don't want to pay $450 for a class (by the way, the only other current Bay Area<br>Ruby and Rails course is $2400 over a six day period.) The poster provided<br>what appears to be an excellent list of online Ruby and Rails videos, so I'm<br>repeating it here (see below.)<br><br>What the trolls don't understand, is that most of the Ruby and Rails material,<br>both in books and on the web, are very cheer leading in nature and do little<br>more than brush the surface. The really good Rails books are for advanced<br>users who already have a handle on the subject. So, beginners are stuck<br>between glorified sales pitches and
advanced treatises, which is why I've<br>put a lot of thought into developing an effective method of getting people<br>up to speed and teaching them the essential concepts. I have past experience<br>developing similar types of training courses, which were used by NASA,<br>SLAC, the IRS and Accenture.<br><br>Here is that list, courtesy of one of the nice little trolls over at Berkeley LUG:<br><br>* SitePoint's webpage 'Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner’s
<br><div> Tutorial Article',
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.sitepoint.com/learn-ruby-on-rails/&usg=AFQjCNGq8R8F0baMf19UXba2PGmjb5Xf4A">http://www.sitepoint.com/learn-ruby-on-rails/</a>
<br> </div><div>* Another Tom's webpage 'Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials',
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1816/top-ruby-on-rails-tutorials&usg=AFQjCNE8U5kb6wdbuFAqByod_GPpeOnYtg">http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1816/top-ruby-on-rails-tuto...</a>
<br> </div><div>*'31 Fascinating Ruby on Rails Tutorials & Guides',
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/31-fascinating-ruby-on-rails-tutorials-guides/&usg=AFQjCNGEe2uuYNL-I2a0UeaFFGTTD-5rvw">http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/31-fascinating-ruby-on-...</a>
<br> </div><div>* 'Ruby On Rails For Absolute Beginners',
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D_GCwR6Urx5Q%26feature%3Drelated&usg=AFQjCNG-E9XJkBkxC5gpAp1wy6jjOXbJFA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GCwR6Urx5Q&feature=related</a>
<br> </div><div>* kayoksakayo's YouTube video 'Starting Ruby on Rails:
<br> Introduction',
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DdQrqpXFDrhU&usg=AFQjCNG6eyCy-nTnxOzcWSWb3EZ__JCsSA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQrqpXFDrhU</a>
<br> </div>Our very own [localized] UC Berkeley Events Channel Intensive 1-Day
<br> Course for learning Ruby on Rails:
<br> * Ruby on Rails - Part 1: Hello World,
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DLADHwoN2LMM&usg=AFQjCNGEyjEvnYFm5ZSa85EJDDgW3JMwgw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADHwoN2LMM</a>
<br> * Ruby on Rails - Part 2: Just Enough Ruby,
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUCB57Npj9U0&usg=AFQjCNEfkuu8b9KDA79yd0YmtvilfWEFKg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCB57Npj9U0</a>
<br> * Ruby on Rails - Part 3: Basic Rails,
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DLuuKDyUYFTU&usg=AFQjCNGG98_a7BYWBo10cUATFOIOt2K9dA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuuKDyUYFTU</a>
<br> * Ruby on Rails - Part 4: Advanced Active Record,
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFdeQmEY6phA&usg=AFQjCNFZ4aoRYj6lK4qsRMyJJU3hjO4Zbg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdeQmEY6phA</a>
<br> * Ruby on Rails - Part 5: AJAX and Testing,
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dfsuuw5q4UjE&usg=AFQjCNHtJ0NuLez3y1d9Y-6g-nF2YIZfDw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsuuw5q4UjE</a>
<br> * Ruby on Rails - Part 6: Configuration and Deploy,
<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D8WSf8FojTek&usg=AFQjCNF0Jw4fbAEEgbHklR8DeQsF1b04TA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WSf8FojTek</a>
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