hey folks, I am a marketer adventuring into the realms of rails… so
I figured I should drop in with a hello to everyone and introduce
myself. I run a design & marketing company called Volcanic Marketing.
My main experience and knowledge is in the field of marketing. I
started out with designing websites, moved into putting together
multimedia CDs as well as flash development and then transited into
executive roles.
I’m using an e-commerce project as a test case for learning rails.
I’ve got the design ready to go. Just need to figure out how to
convert mock-ups into a live application.
Nice to meet ya. I got the Agile Web Dev w/ Rails book since it’s
written by David. I also have access to the Rails Cookbook via Safari
Bookshelf. I read a few chapters of Rails Up and Running but that
wasn’t helping as much so I returned that one.
Have you found any particular books to be really helpful for a total
newbie?
Hi Mel, welcome to the Ruby on Rails talk mailing list.
I found the Ruby for Rails: Ruby techniques for Rails developers very
helpful.
There’s a few very knowledgeable people on here, like Phillip, Jeremy
and
Bala as well as myself who are willing to help out. Just ask a question
and
more often than not you’ll get a reply within the day (or sometimes
within
the hour!)