# How do we start with ruby and rails?

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 20, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-we-start-with-ruby-and-rails/52939 "2006-01-20T21:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-we-start-with-ruby-and-rails/52939/1 "2006-01-20T21:06:15Z")

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Hello,

I am intrested on learing ruby and rails applications. How could I start  
it?.  
Can you provide resource site to start or any simple application?

thanks  
john

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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-we-start-with-ruby-and-rails/52939/2 "2006-01-20T23:14:13Z")

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john wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am intrested on learing ruby and rails applications. How could I start  
> it?.  
> Can you provide resource site to start or any simple application?

First, go learn basic ruby. There are resources available at

> **[Ruby-Doc.org: Documenting the Ruby Language](https://ruby-doc.org/gettingstarted/)**
>
> Fast, searchable Ruby documentation for core and standard libraries. Plus, links to tutorials, guides, books, and related sites.

Then Google for Curt H.’ Rails articles, poke around  
[www.rubyonrails.com](http://www.rubyonrails.com), and join the Rails mailing list to ask more  
questions.

James

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