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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

One of the problems they run into is building a web site. ——— If you’re an experienced coder and user interface designer you think nothing is easier than diving into Ruby on Rails , Nodes.js and Balsamiq and throwing together a web site. How To Build a Web Startup – The Lean LaunchPad Edition.

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Programming Resources

Spencer Fry

Learn Ruby the Hard Way by Zed Shaw 4/5. Learn Ruby the Hard Way is what I started with when I began programming. Ruby on Rails was my goal, but my friends urged me to start with at least a basic understanding of Ruby before venturing down the Ruby on Rails path. Agile Web Development with Rails by DHH 3.5/5.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

But a newly minted developer given access to Hacker News can develop ADD in a week's time, waste countless hours reading the opinions of professional and amateur technology opinion-makers, and nervously fidget about selecting the hippest framework and libraries to (briefly) avoid the scorn of hacker pop culture. Playing it safe.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

“The short answer is that it will take 10 hours,” answers Werdelin, who built a Twitter clone in a one-day Ruby on Rails course. But a good developer could make it quicker.”. Assume $160 for a Ruby on Rails course plus free Heroku, a cloud platform as a service that allows you to instantly deploy an app. 3) Facebook.

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A Google Docs interview with Richard Simms, co-founder of Tech Talent South

Jeff Hilimire

Our mission at TTS is to develop more tech talent in the South through beginner-focused programs teaching web development and computer programming. We actually met taking some web development classes in Chicago. For example, we host a free kids coding session every Monday from 4pm to 5:30pm at ATDC here in Atlanta.

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13 Sites You Love Built With Ruby On Rails

YoungUpstarts

If you are reading this, you are probably into Ruby and obviously heard of Ruby on Rails – a useful and super popular web application framework. With the help of our friends from Rails Ware Web Development Company , we have gathered 13 famous sites built with Ruby on Rails framework: 500px.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

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