Congrats, Jason! Looks great. The thing about Rails, for me at least, is that there's so much to it and it covers so many different bases that it's really toug

Congrats, Jason! Looks great. The thing about Rails, for me at least, is that there's so much to it and it covers so many different bases that it's really tough to "learn it." For me, it's been a matter of two years of starting projects, throwing them out, and starting them again to get where I am - a fairly confident Rails programmer. I was also fortunate enough to get to work with a rails app for two summers [0] where my coworkers helped me a ton. But guides? I don't know, they never really worked for me. It was the hands-on that I really needed, and it looks like your project with Treehouse is exactly that. I'm still looking for the hands-on stuff [1] (shameless plug) to grow as a developer, since as a student I only have so much time for side projects. I've found that teaching Rails to others - I recently started an Open Source Society at my school - also helps immensely. [0]: http://www.evidon.com http://www.evidon.com [1]: http://jordanscales.com/resume.pdf http://jordanscales.com/resume.pdf