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Kobi Omenaka
5,033 PointsWhat is the best way to learn and understand the Ruby on Rails directory structure?
Hello all,
I have been following Tutorials based in Treehouse and with other resources (sorry) and one thing seems to confuse me each time.
How do I understand the directory structure that you get with RoR?
When I follow tutorials it can be confusing as Im always asking "Why does that go in that directory". The names all seem fairly arbitrary at the moment to me.
I keep going back to the official Ruby documentation http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html but this seems to be gobbledegook!
If anyone has any tips and tricks for understanding the directories ill be ultra keen to hear them!
K*
2 Answers
Joshua Shroy
9,943 PointsHey Kobi,
The book that helped me wrap my mind around the basics of the Rails directory structure was "Learn Rails" by Daniel Kehoe. You can sign up for a free trial subscription at his website (https://tutorials.railsapps.org/) which will allow you to download his book for free.
Another great resource is the "Learning Rails Lessons" at http://www.buildingwebapps.com/learningrails. It's a bit outdated but the intro podcasts simply talk about the structure of Rails without scrambling your brain with any actually coding. That was incredibly helpful for me as it broke down the big-picture concepts first, then introduces the details.
I know you mentioned you've gone through many online resources but the repetition will pay off. Hopefully the resources above will help fill in some holes in your understanding and it will all click. Eventually it does!
Kobi Omenaka
5,033 PointsThanks for that Joshua!
I know ultimately its a case of repetition will prove fruitful but there is obviously a key chunk of my understanding missing and things like this are what I need for sure!
K*