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Web Development Resources

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This is a list of some of the best resources for someone who is learning web development. If you know of other good resources, please send them to me so I can add to this list.



### Ruby  

- **Ruby course at Code Academy** ( http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/ruby )  Online coding lessons, beginning level.

- **The Well-Grounded Rubyist** ( http://www.manning.com/black2/ )  Excellent book, clear explanations, comprehensive. Recommended after you have the basics down.

- **Learn to Program** ( https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ )  Intro to programming in Ruby, by Chris Pine. This short book is avaliable online.

- ** Ruby Style  ** ( https://github.com/styleguide/ruby )  Excellent as a reference and a review of Ruby.



### Rails



- **The Ruby on Rails Tutorial** ( http://www.railstutorial.org ) Michael Hartl. Introduction to Rails. Available Online ( http://www.railstutorial.org/book )

- **Rails 4 in Action** ( http://www.manning.com/bigg2/ )

- **Agile Web Development with Rails 4** ( http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Development-Rails-Facets-Ruby/dp/1937785564 )



### Sinarta

- **Sinatra: Up and Running** ( http://www.amazon.com/Sinatra-Up-Running-Alan-Harris/dp/1449304230 )



### Testing 

- **RSpec Website** ( http://rspec.info )

- **RSpec with shoulda-matchers** ( https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda )

- **Rails testing** ( http://everydayrails.com/2012/03/12/testing-series-intro.html )  Intro/Guide to testing in Rails called "How I learned to test my Rails applications".



### Object-oriented programming (OOP)



- **Objects in Ruby, Zetcode** ( http://zetcode.com/lang/rubytutorial/objects/ ) Excellect overview of Objects in Ruby

- **Object-oriented programming in Ruby (Part 1), Zetcode** ( http://zetcode.com/lang/rubytutorial/oop/ ) Good, basic explanation.

- **Object-oriented programming in Ruby (Part 2), Zetcode** ( http://zetcode.com/lang/rubytutorial/oop2/ ) 

- **Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby (POODR)** ( http://www.poodr.com )  Amazing book. Advanced OOP and code design topics.



### Javascript

- **Ruby course at Code Academy** ( http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript )  Online coding lessons, beginning level.

- **JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, 4th Edition** ( http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Beginners-Fourth-John-Pollock/dp/0071809376/ )  Very clear explanation of basic Javascript concepts. Beginning level.

- **JavaScript Step by Step** ( http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Step-3rd-Edition-Developer/dp/0735665931 )  Nice book on Javascript. Well organized, and had clear explanations of concepts.

- **JavaScript: The Good Parts** ( http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742 )  

- **Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja** ( http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-JavaScript-Ninja-John-Resig/dp/193398869X )



### Web Development 



#### Restful Routes  

- **Rails Routing from the Outside In**  ( http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html )  Key reference to REST

- **A Beginner's Guide to HTTP and REST** ( http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/a-beginners-introduction-to-http-and-rest--net-16340 )  One of the clearest explanations of REST online.



#### CSS

- **Getting started with CSS @ MDN** ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Getting_started )

- **CSS Positioning 101** ( http://alistapart.com/article/css-positioning-101 )  Describes all of the types of positioning and when and how to use them.

- **CSS Box Model** ( http://css-tricks.com/the-css-box-model/ )  Explains the box model, including how margins, paddings and borders work.

- **Learn CSS Layout** ( http://learnlayout.com/ ) Good intro to layout in CSS.



### Git

- **Pro Git** by Scott Chacon  ( http://www.git-scm.com/doc )  Excellent online book - covers the basics

- **tryGit**  ( https://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-git )  Online course - basic intro to Git 

- **Git Real**  ( https://www.codeschool.com/courses/git-real )  Online course - longer & more advanced 



### Regular Expressions RegEx

- **RegEx and Ruby Guide** ( https://www.bluebox.net/insight/blog-article/using-regular-expressions-in-ruby-part-1-of-3 )

- **Rubular** ( http://rubular.com )

- **RegEx in JavaScript** ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions )



### Linux/bash

- **Learning the shell tutorial** (  http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php  )  Excellent beginner-level shell/bash tutorial.