Resources

These web sites are great learning resources and will help you out during the course and beyond.

Ruby

Documentation

• RubyDoc - the official documentation for Ruby, not very intuitive
• OmniRef - comprehensive Ruby core and library search, no browse
• Ruby Cheat Sheet - one page with a list of all the methods you might want to use
• RubyDoc.info - documentation for any Ruby gem you can think of
• Ruby Toolbox - find gems that will meet your needs
• PLEAC-Ruby - a collection of problem solutions

Tutorials/Exercises/Games

• Try Ruby - learn the basics step-by-step
• Ruby on Codecademy
• Ruby Style Guide - how to format your Ruby code
• Ruby Monk - interactive tutorials
• Ruby Koans - exercises to expand your mind
• Ruby Warrior - learn Ruby by playing a really fun game
• Rubeque - solve code puzzles using Ruby

Books

• Learn Ruby the Hard Way - in-depth book about Ruby

Rails

Documentation

• Rails Documentation - the official documentation for Rails

Tutorials/Exercises/Games

• Rails for Zombies

Books

• Learn Ruby on Rails
• Michael Hartl’s Ruby on Rails Tutorial

Regular Expressions

• Regular Expressions in Ten Steps
• good blog post to familiarize yourself with regexps
• RegexOne - learn regular expressions if you dare

Command line

• CLI Crash Course - Zed Shaw’s introduction to the command line
• Michael Byrd’s Command Line flash cards

Git

Documentation

• The Git website - lots of videos and resources to learn git
• GitHub Bootcamp - series of articles on basic GitHub use
• GitHub Guides - series of guides on further GitHub use
• Interactive Git Cheat Sheet - a bit hard to follow at first glance, but very deep

Tutorials/Exercises/Games

• Try Git walkthrough - learn the basics step-by-step
• Git Immersion - Git exercises

Books

• Pro Git - free book on using Git

HTML

• Mozilla Developer Network - HTML
• Mozilla Developer Network - DOM - docs on the Document Object Model, which both HTML and JavaScript interact with

CSS

• Mozilla Developer Network - CSS

User Interface Design

• 7 Rules for Creating UIs
• UX Myths
• The Design of Everyday Things
• Don’t Make Me Think

JavaScript

• Eloquent JavaScript
• JavaScript Garden
• Mozilla Developer Network - JavaScript - documentation for JavaScript
• Code Combat - Learn JavaScript by playing a game
• JS on Codecademy