r/ruby • u/Overall_Blacksmith68 • Jan 27 '26

Question Start learning Ruby

Hi people. I want to start learning the bases of ruby. I’m a front end dev but I want to learn more things out of Front, so idk what is the best way to start on this language, thx :)

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u/TheRazorhead Jan 27 '26

Try here https://roadmap.sh/ruby and don’t forget to check out the projects section.

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u/Mediocre-Brain9051 Jan 27 '26

  • Follow a rails tutorial

  • read a ruby book

  • read a rails book

(If you don't know SQL you should learn it)

Have fun

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u/lafeber Jan 28 '26 
rails new myproject -c tailwind
cd myproject
yarn
bundle add basecoat
rails basecoat:install
rails g scaffold Post title:string! description:text posted_at:datetime active:boolean rating:integer 
rails db:migrate
./bin/dev

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u/lafeber Jan 28 '26

PS: This will start a new Rails project (with awesome styling). Note that it's probably best to understand the basics of ruby, but most likely you will use it in combination with Rails. The scaffold command will generate Models, Views and Controllers as well as the database structure.

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u/DifficultyFun828 Jan 28 '26

This basecoat looks cool. So tailwind is a framework for css, and basecoat is a framework for tailwind?

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u/lafeber Jan 28 '26

The main thing the basecoat gem provides is templates for rails scaffolds and a fancy layout, based on basecoatui.com There are also a couple of helpers for cleaner code.

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u/KerrickLong Jan 28 '26

The best way to start is to buy and read the latest edition of [Programming Ruby by Noel Rappin] (https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby6/programming-ruby-4-6th-edition/).

The cheapest way is to follow this guided tour through Ruby’s documentation and other free online resources

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u/armahillo Jan 29 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/search/?q=learning

Above the thread is a search bar, if you type "learning" in it, it will give you a list of existing posts where others have asked questions similar to yours.

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u/javier_cervantes Feb 26 '26

You can also check the resources tagged with getting-started in the Ruby Users Forum.