# Extreme newbie

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extreme-newbie/90064>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 29, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extreme-newbie/90064 "2006-03-29T17:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_McCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@John\_McCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_McCarthy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extreme-newbie/90064/1 "2006-03-29T17:25:08Z")

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Hi, I have absolutely no web programming experience  
(know basic html and have some ancient c++ experience)  
and am interested in learning Ruby on Rails to get me  
going quickly. What’s the best way to approach  
learning rails for an absolute newbie? I’ve looked  
through the tutorials available through the Ruby on  
Rails site, and even these are just beyond my level.

Thanks,  
John

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**Author:** ![John\_McCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@John\_McCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_McCarthy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extreme-newbie/90064/2 "2006-03-29T17:28:10Z")

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Pick up the Pragmatic Programmers’ book and ask questions!

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**Author:** ![John\_McCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@John\_McCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_McCarthy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extreme-newbie/90064/3 "2006-03-29T17:34:16Z")

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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 07:23 -0800, John McCarthy wrote:

> Hi, I have absolutely no web programming experience  
> (know basic html and have some ancient c++ experience)  
> and am interested in learning Ruby on Rails to get me  
> going quickly. What’s the best way to approach  
> learning rails for an absolute newbie? I’ve looked  
> through the tutorials available through the Ruby on  
> Rails site, and even these are just beyond my level.

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[http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html](http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html)

online via pdf or very likely to be in dead tree form at your local  
bookstore. Starting to get a little dated - especially with release of  
Rails 1.1 but still ‘The Bible’ of Rails

Craig