I feel like railstutorial.org is a perfect introduction. If you crank through it (not just get the app working, but understand each part) it gives you enough o

I feel like railstutorial.org is a perfect introduction. If you crank through it (not just get the app working, but understand each part) it gives you enough of a foundation to start watching railscasts and read documentation for a certain gem. Without it I think the Rails scene would be pretty hard to jump into.