# Total newb questions - resources or tutorials?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/total-newb-questions-resources-or-tutorials/131822>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/total-newb-questions-resources-or-tutorials/131822 "2008-03-13T15:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![fat\_al](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@fat\_al](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fat_al)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/total-newb-questions-resources-or-tutorials/131822/1 "2008-03-13T15:53:53Z")

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I’ve been searching (the forum and the web) for a while without joy so I  
was hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction.

I am new to OOP and Ruby. I want to start writing some simple web apps  
and identified RoR as a good platform for the type of stuff I want to  
do. FWIW I have decent HTML and CSS skills and some SQL experience but  
little knowledge of much else.

I am in the process of setting up a box to run RoR but am slightly  
stumped as where to go next. I don’t have enough coding experience to  
jump into the projects I have in mind nor enough familiarity with using  
MVC pattern to exploit an OOP language powerfully.

So I am looking for some step-by-step tutorials that walk me through  
building an app to get a bit more of a feel for OOP and Ruby. Something  
akin to this (a CSS tutorial I found great -

> **[learn web standards :: hands on css tutorial](https://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/hands_on_tutorial/index.html)**
>
> Style Master CSS Tutorial - contents

) would be awesome. Can anyone recommend something/somewhere that is  
pitched at someone without an OOP background? Budget is an issue so face  
to face training is out unfortunately, but I would buy books if you  
think they would help me.

Thank you in advance for any advice.

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**Author:** ![fat\_al](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@fat\_al](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fat_al)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/total-newb-questions-resources-or-tutorials/131822/2 "2008-03-13T16:53:54Z")

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Fat Al wrote:

> jump into the projects I have in mind nor enough familiarity with using
> 
> Thank you in advance for any advice.

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**Author:** ![fat\_al](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@fat\_al](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fat_al)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/total-newb-questions-resources-or-tutorials/131822/3 "2008-03-14T00:08:01Z")

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