i'm not a treehouse user, and while i hear awesome stories about their company (like having a 4-day work week, or getting funding although they don't plan an "e

i'm not a treehouse user, and while i hear awesome stories about their company (like having a 4-day work week, or getting funding although they don't plan an "exit"), I don't know anything about the quality of their lessons... but I do know two free resources for learning rails, and having used both of them I can wholeheartedly recommend them: https://class.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview https://class.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ after completing these two you will be able to build your own web app, and go from there. afterward it's not so much about learning rails in general. it's more about coming across a very specific problem that you encounter while building your app, in which case google is your friend. i really don't want to bad mouth treehouse, but i feel like there are enough free resources out there to get you started. especially for rails. on the other hand, paying 25$ dollars a month, might keep you committed.