Why you should learn Rails

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If you are interested in development of web applications I suggest learning one of the integrated development tools such as "Django" for Python or "Ruby on Rails" for Ruby.

One of the best ways to learn is simply by doing and I personally find Michael Hartl's Rails tutorial indispensable.

The tutorial is really thoroughly made and I haven't actually found a single glitch anywhere.

It's designed to last about a month and I really urge you to take that time and properly read all the documentation before beginning programming yourself.

It also has some very good exercises that I encourage you to solve.

Another benefit is that Hartl uses test-driven programming throughout the book which actually adds another dimension to the whole narrative in that it turns out exciting to see if your tests pass or fail.

In the tutorial you get to develop a twitter-like web application from scratch. It takes a lot of time, but it's worth it!

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Best

/LJ