# New comer

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-comer/146259>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 19, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-comer/146259 "2008-08-19T15:20:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![redster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@redster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/redster)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-comer/146259/1 "2008-08-19T15:20:23Z")

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Hi all,

i am new comer for ruby on rails. so please any body help to me…

1.how to create one form and validation  
2.how to connect with mysql and insert data

regards  
M.Murali

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**Author:** ![redster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@redster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/redster)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-comer/146259/2 "2008-08-19T15:39:55Z")

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On 19 Aug 2008, at 15:20, Murali M. wrote:

> i am new comer for ruby on rails. so please any body help to me…
> 
> 1.how to create one form and validation  
> 2.how to connect with mysql and insert data

1. Go to [http://www.google.com/](http://www.google.com/)
2. Type in search box: rails 2.1 tutorial
3. Click on interesting links
4. Read
5. Go back to step 3  
As of here it becomes optional:
6. Buy book on Rails
7. Read

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![redster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@redster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/redster)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-comer/146259/3 "2008-08-19T15:43:26Z")

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Your best bet is to start out just like everyone else has and do your  
research on the net with tutorials and then buy some books to learn  
from.

Here is a really good Rails 2.x tutorial to get you going

> **[Rolling with Rails 2.0 - The First Full Tutorial - Part 1 | AkitaOnRails.com](https://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/12/rolling-with-rails-2-0-the-first-full-tutorial)**
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> for brazilians: click here.
> I am very happy to see that my Rails 2.0 Screencast was very well received. More than 1,500 unique visitors watched it...

Also, you may want to invest in some good books such as “Simply Rails  
2” from Sitepoint and “The Rails Way” by Obie F… Both books  
cover Rails 2.x extremely well and will have you building some apps in  
no time.

Also, (this helped me more than any books ever could!) you may want to  
download some code and really study it and play with it.

I downloaded both apps from the following places and literally learned  
a ton in just about 30 minutes of checking out the code…

[http://lovdbyless.com/](http://lovdbyless.com/) - open source social network that you can  
download.  
[GitHub - radar/rboard: A fully featured forum system compatible with Rails 2.3](http://github.com/Radar/rboard/tree/master) - Radar, this is a forum  
app done quite well that the author is continuously improving.

That should get you going on your way. Good luck!

–Cory

On Aug 19, 9:20 am, Murali M. \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-comer/146259/4 "2008-08-20T05:44:03Z")

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Hi,  
you have chosen ruby on rails it’s really great

As others told go through blogs… google search… etc

ok…

if you have any doubts you can ask but not total concept ok…

with regards  
hafeez