Introduction to Ruby on Rails – Best Rated Free Video Tutorials

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Here are some of the best rated free video tutorials on Ruby on Rails. You can view a number of excellent screencasts at www.rubyonrails.org and there are several more listed below. If you know of others that should be included, please leave a comment.

Ruby on Rails Screencast 1 – David Heinemeier Hansson

35 min – Jan 13, 2007

This screencast is a pair programming session between David Heinemeier Hansson and Miles K. Forrest (fullsize version at http://coderpath.com) Miles is new to web application programming and a "bunny hill" rails developer at best. If you're new to Rails perhaps this 35 minute screencast might help point you in the right direction.

Ruby on Rails demo

16 min – Nov 8, 2005

David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework demonstrates how to create a blog engine in 15 minutes.

Better Web Application Framework

36 min – Jan 5, 2007

A practical comparison between Zope/Plone, Ruby on Rails, Turbogears

Chad Fowler presents at the Ruby on Rails eXchange at Skills Matter, London

41 min – Feb 14, 2007

Chad Fowler, author of Rails Recipes and More Rails Recipes discusses "Quick and Clean: Well-factored Rails at Skills Matter, London … all » Skills Matter has the UK's largest selection of Open Source Training and regulary hosts events on the latest industry developments.

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