# RoR, good for a beginner?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 10, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-good-for-a-beginner/181340 "2010-01-10T07:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![dl33ter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dl33ter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dl33ter)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-good-for-a-beginner/181340/1 "2010-01-10T07:32:54Z")

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Hi every body!  
I’m a French new user of RoR (thus, sorry for my english 🙂 ) and I  
would like to know something.

I only made some simple web site with PHP, and I started RoR.  
I’m pretty lost, and I don’t really know if everything can be made with  
RoR, like a real e-commerce platform, mostly for a newbie who start from  
0. (or a more powerful web application).  
What should be the point of departure to learn to do it.  
I saw some books for beginner, but they seems limited, and I don’t know  
wich i have to buy.  
What could you advise me, and how many time do I need to be able to make  
e-commerce by myself.

Thanks a lot, and again, sorry for my english 😉  
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**Author:** ![dl33ter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dl33ter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dl33ter)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-good-for-a-beginner/181340/2 "2010-01-10T08:04:28Z")

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Hi

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I suggest for Ruby

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Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers’ Guide  
Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional

For rails

Agile Web D. with Rails (latest edition I think 3)

And also check

[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)  
[http://api.rubyonrails.org/](http://api.rubyonrails.org/)

Sijo

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**Author:** ![dl33ter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dl33ter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dl33ter)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-good-for-a-beginner/181340/3 "2010-01-10T08:57:18Z")

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On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Sijo k g [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> And also check
> 
> [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)

or the following link being that you’re native French speaker:

[http://www.ruby-lang.org/fr/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/fr/)

> [http://api.rubyonrails.org/](http://api.rubyonrails.org/)
> 
> Sijo

In addition to the above two links, I would recommend the following  
resource for Rails:

> **[Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/)**
>
> Ruby on Rails Guides

This is usually in sync with the latest stable release of Rails. Last  
but not least, Ryan B. screencasts are the best and can be viewed  
here:

> **[Ruby on Rails Screencasts - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com)**
>
> Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers.

On last word of advice, please do not try to learn everything in a day.  
Just take your time to understand the concepts.

Good luck,

-Conrad