Ah, how I love Rails. Everyday it makes me happier to be a web guy and not one of those stodgy ol' compiled code SE's that surround me.
Today I want to list out some the Rails blogs I've found that help me keep current with the Rails framework and it's related technologies. After all, Rails in itself doesn't make you a better web engineer, knowing how to use and leverage it effectively does.
- http://errtheblog.com/ - a couple a CNET engineers who've started their Rails consultancy. They post short tutorials on various Rails techniques.
- http://blog.hasmanythrough.com/- by Josh Susser, various Rails topics but I especially like the posts detailing new features in the Edge Rails.
- http://nubyonrails.com/ - by Geoffrey Grosenbach, who does the PeepCode screencasts and the Rails podcast interviews. His posts don't go into much Rails details but he does have good posts on related technologies like Capistrano.
- http://peepcode.com/ - not actually a blog, these are screencast training videos that are for sale ($9 each, or less by subscription) and they are really good stuff. I've watched 3 so far, they're usually over an hour in length so you'll need a chunk of time and if you're like me you'll want/need to watch some parts a few times. The newer screencasts are indexed so jumping to parts you want to watch again & again is easy.
- http://railscasts.com/ - again, not actually a blog, these are short (10-20 minute) screencast videos going over a variety of Rails techniques. These are free, which makes it very nice and the short length and concise topic make it nice to watch as break from heavy coding.
- http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins - by Benjamin Curtis, I subscribe the "plugins" feed, this is a place for people releasing new plugins to advertise them. This is much nicer than watching the high-traffic Rails newsgroup for ANN messages and lets me see how other people are using and extending the Rails framework. Of course, ideally you'll see something that fits a need you have and you can leverage your work by using someone else's free labor.
- http://podcast.rubyonrails.org/ - also not actually a blog, these are podcasted interviews with a variety of people central to the Rails community. Different interviewers though Geoffrey Grosenbach seems to be doing the current releases. These are nice to listen to while coding.
- http://ryandaigle.com/ - by Ryan (perhaps Daigle is his last name), nonetheless he has a really good theme of posts related to edge Rails topics.
- http://www.softiesonrails.com/ - by Brian Enq and Jeff Cohen, they post some nice short on topic bits related to effective Rails usage.
- http://www.therailsway.com/ - by Jamis Buck and Michael Koziarski, who are both Rails core members, they do serial posts related to best practices in Rails development.
- http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/ - by Jamis Buck, core Rails member and developer of Capistrano among other ruby gems. Jamis knows his Ruby, inside out and backwards, his blog is a great place to keep up with Capistrano developments - which is one of the best Rails related technologies.
So that's all I've got. Let me know of any other worthy sites, I'm always looking for more sources to keep on that leading edge.
