So I’ve spent most of my day playing with a puppy and working with Ubuntu Server to setup, install, and configure Ruby on Rails inside of VmWare just because I wanted an easy to use test environment. Now just to get into the nit and gritty of the programming language as well as testing/developing some sample applications….To get myself, and anyone else interested involved, check out the following links:

• Rolling With Ruby on Rails - Part 1 | Part 2
• Really Getting Started With Rails
• Beginners Guide To Rails
• Getting Your Feet Wet With Ruby on Rails
• The Ultimate Beginners Guide To Ruby on Rails
• A Coders Starter’s Kit - The Hackers Way!
• Try Ruby!
• Ruby User’s Guide
• Ruby on Rails Wiki

Do note an amazing feature of the rails configuration inside of the database.yml where you can specify a separate database for test, development, and productivity. This simplifies things amazingly as a programmer who often works in many different environments - so I highly recommend following this method while trying to learn so you can properly test applications.

Enjoy.