您可以尝试的另一个IDE是Aptana。

有一个叫Softies on Rails的网站，是由几个前程序员编写的。NET开发人员可能会有一些用处。他们有一本书叫《Rails for .NET开发者》，将在接下来的几个月出版……

我开始在一个Windows盒子上使用Eclipse的RadRails插件和Dreamweaver的RubyWeaver扩展(回到1。x天的Rails)。从那以后，我换了一台运行TextMate的Mac电脑，再也没有想过回去。

至于书籍，我从《Ruby之路》和《Rails敏捷Web开发》开始。在您开始Rails开发时，构建Ruby背景无疑会有所帮助。

一定要看瑞恩·贝茨的Railscast系列。

IDE: NetBeans
Book: Agile Web Development With Rails
Installation: Instant Rails

再等几个月，Simon St. Laurent和Edd Dumbill的《Learning Rails》将于11月问世。那一系列的书是惊人的，这本书将涵盖Rails的最新版本。

我没有编程背景。我自学了PHP，最近加入了一家专门研究Ruby on Rails的公司。他们有一个全面的Rails培训计划，它足够灵活，可以适应我们想要实现的任何更改。虽然我不是rails专家，但我愿意分享我使用rails的经验。我希望这能有所帮助。

以下是我所遵循的路径(结合我所使用的工具)

Start with a simple ruby guide. It will help a lot, since entire rails framework revolves around classes and objects. Environment and OS are not important. Though I am working on a Mac, I frequently work on Linux and Windows, and I do not face any problems. Start with a good book which explains using a demo app. [I am using Agile Web Development with Rails - By The Pragmatic Bookshelf]. There are many other good books as well. Once you are done with the application, you will have a good idea of the framework. Try to understand the SQL queries generated by Active Record module. Go through the Rails Guides. You will find the framework a lot easier. Keep practicing.

几个关键点

It takes years to learn a language completely. So be patient and do not stop learning. Go through rails api as when required. [While developing your first app] Google the things which you do not understand. People have written great articles on almost all topics. Use Stackoverflow :-) [Only when you are not able to find the solution on your own.] Load railscasts on your phone or video player. Watch 'em while travelling or in your free time. They are of few minutes each. You will learn a great deal of things and also learn the best way of doing things.

工具

Shell[在Mac和Ubuntu中] 编辑器[Mac中的Textmate, Ubuntu中的Gedit和Windows中的notepad++] 安装了Firebug的Firefox进行测试。

最后我有一句话要说“继续努力”。愿一切都好！

我目前正在学习RoR，这是我到目前为止所做的: 1. 阅读并遵循SitePoint的“简单Rails 2.2” 2. 阅读并跟随Oreilly的“Rails, Up and Running”第二版。

这两本书很有教育意义，采用了相同的方法，但风格不同;第二本书更激进一些，如果你有一些RoR知识，这是很好的。

如上所述，在阅读资源时要非常小心，有很多过时的视频和文章。