You will be fine by that time. RailsConf 2008 will have many workshops to goto and learn from. For now, books are good but screencast are better. Try railscasts

You will be fine by that time. RailsConf 2008 will have many workshops to goto and learn from. For now, books are good but screencast are better. Try railscasts.com & peepcode.com. "I'd like to get the point eventually where I could see myself doing sites like twittervision.com in a weekend" Once you figure it out, please let me know! :)