First, get familiar with the language solving all the Ruby Koans http://rubykoans.com http://rubykoans.com Then go through the Rails Tutorial http://railstutor

First, get familiar with the language solving all the Ruby Koans http://rubykoans.com http://rubykoans.com Then go through the Rails Tutorial http://railstutorial.org http://railstutorial.org Finally, read Eloquent Ruby by Russ Olsen and The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernández