Ruby on Rails code challenge help

@Jon -

You can ask your questions the code challenges here, that's the main purpose of this forum.

Also Stack Overflow and Google are great resources, for programming questions and not just for questions when you are just starting out.

Thanks. I wasn't aware that the code challenges were meant to be approached that way. It would be very helpful if in the code challenges, users were encouraged to visit the forums if they get stuck. I keep peeking back and my code and sometimes the challenges don't really match what I reviewed in the video. That's the only time it gets hard. So, sometimes I don't really learn anything new because there's some new code or concept that wasn't really covered. So, I find an answer somewhere, but no explanation for what I just typed, and I'm still left scratching my head and thinking, "ok, why does that pass?"

@Jon - My advice is don't follow the videos too closely. They are meant descriptive not prescriptive.

Some people get tripped up by variable names and other stuff that differs between the videos and the code challenges, they aren't meant to match perfectly.

Personally I don't think you can ever learn everything from one source. One issue people run into with Ruby on Rails, is lack of knowledge in Ruby itself.

There are several good online resources you can check out:

• codecadey's Ruby course
• Learn Ruby the Hard Way
• Learn to Program

For rails specific stuff you can check out this Rails Beginner's Guide

Thanks for the links @james. Just purchased and downloaded Learn Ruby the Hard Way and that Rails Beginner's Guid looks like another great resource. I also plan on doing some of the Ruby vids after the Rails course. I'll also adjust my expectations a little about these resources and utilize the forums and additional resources more.

I hope none of that came across very negative. Overall the membership is worth every penny.