Most of these Ruby on Rails related links are right out of my bookmarks. I checked for 404s and added more recent entries, but this list is far from complete. New blogs, sites, tutorials and tools are released on a daily basis. Just leave a comment or contact me if you want your link(s) or anything related added, or have spotted any broken links.
(Updated 02/22/2008. Keep the suggestions coming!)
Installation Guides
These are to help you get Ruby and Rails installed and configured, ready for Hello World.
GettingStartedWithRails - A page on the official Wiki
Fear of Fish - Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
Installing Ruby on Rails with Lighttpd and MySQL on Fedora Core 4
Building Ruby, Rails, LightTPD, and MySQL on Tiger
HowtosInstallation - A page on installation, from the official Wiki
Freeware and Commercial Ruby on Rails IDEs and Editors
Freeware IDEs
NetBeans IDE (Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/Solaris)
Aptana Studio (Communi...
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