I keep getting asked what my favorite coding resources are, Rails or otherwise, so this is an attempt at keeping a running list, in no particular order. I fully intend to come back and edit this post as I stumbple upon new resources.
There are a lot of really great blogs from people writing Rails, and sometimes when googling something, I see amazingly written posts on fairly esoteric subjects. The resources below tend to be consistently good and conventional – and enough to keep new developers occupied for a long, long time.
Rails newsletters:
Ruby Weekly – one email every Thursday.
Green Ruby – one email every Sunday.
They have a lot of overlap, but since they come out on different days, sometimes it’s nice to see a reminder that I meant to read an article or explore a new gem.
Resources:
Practicing Ruby – well worth the $8/month they suggest paying.
Ruby Tapas – also well worth the $9/month subscription fee.
http://railscasts.com/ – amazing, well worth the subscription fee, although older poscasts are all free.
General Resources:
CoderCareer – not Ruby/Rails-specific, but lots of cool content discussing coding interview questions and how to answer them. Gets updated very rarely though.
Ignita – also rarely updated, also lots of cool content.
A Tornado of Razorblades by Adam Wiggins, a founder of Heroku. – also rarely updated, also pretty cool.
Blogs:
Justin Weiss. Updated less often than many people would like, but still an amazing read.
Thoughtbot blog. Those are the guys behind FactoryGirl and Paperclip and many, many other projects. Enough said.
Official Rails Weblog – great way to get a gist on what is happening in Rails.
Ruby on Rails subreddit – not the best daily read, and it’s too easy to get distracted by the cat memes in other subreddits, but cool to check out once in a while.
RubyFlow – community-sourced. Content varies from “what’s new in Rails 5” to discussing very technical subjects.
RubyInside – archive of some cool reads.
Blog by Arkency, a dev shop. These guys know what they are talking about.