Ruby on Rails

I was considering doing a short Ruby on Rails tutorial, however I've decided to just share my findings from various internet searches.

RubyonRails
A great place to start! This particular link summarizes all the software requirements required to run and develop ruby on rails.

Restful Authentication Plug-in
A great plug-in to automatically generate a User authentication system and session manager.

Rolling with Ruby on Rails
Curtis Hibbs of ONLamp.com offers an excellent intro to RoR.

Rails API
Rails Documentation.

Rails Forum
This a great site to post topics on coding issues. I've found it very helpful as you can post up your own code and get some useful advice from Rails experts.

Wiki Ruby on Rails
The community driven Rails documentation. This contains a great intro to Rails, countless tutorials, HowTos and a lot of other useful articles.

Railscasts
This great site contains lots of useful screencasts for all sorts of Rails tutorials.


Recommended Books

Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson. (2006). Agile Web Development with Rails.
Written by the founder of RubyonRails and widely considered to be the first book to pick up when starting rails.

Barry Bud. (2007). Ruby on Rails for Dummies
Exactly what it says, a complete walk through starting right at the beginning.

Patrick Lenz. (2007). Build Your Own Ruby On Rails Applicatoins.
A great book that goes into a lot of details about the Rails framework and the Ruby language. Great read!

Chad Fowler. (2006). Rails Recipes.
After you get a strong grasp of what Rails is about, this book will turn you into an expert with some great recipes.