Rails Training Cont.

So the Rails training that I was in went really well. I think that for anyone who is considering getting into the world of Rails would benefit from a class like this one. However, if you have been using Rails for a little while and have been reading through Agile Web Development with Rails, there will be little benefit from a class like this. Pretty much everything in the first 10 chapters of the book is covered, so if you have gone through that you may not want to take a class like this. On the other hand it was cool to hear from someone who has been using rails for a while to see what tools and plugins they use to work on their projects.

For example:

• ZenTest - awesome continuous integration tool.
• redgreen - some fluff for the output of ZenTest.
• rcov - amazing code coverage tool.
  

These were just some of the things that Brandon talked about that I am already using in my project. I think there is a lot to be said about attending a class. Sometimes its not so much the language or the framework that you really get out of a training class as it is the real world experience and tips from someone who knows what he is talking about.


Go write some code!!!

Rails Training

So here is a quick post. I am sitting in a training facility here in SF taking a 4 day Rails training course from Marakana lead by Brandon Keepers. Today is day 1 and so far so good. The class is small and the instructor is smart. I think that this is going to be a great class.

Today is just an intro to the Rails framework with an overview of Ruby. I am still very impressed with Rails and with this class I hope that I can get my noob questions answered.

Go write some code!