Tim Matheson Blog - Productive Tips and More

Hi all, I would like o take a moment and apologize for the lack of content over the past few months. No I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth and no the blog is not dead so please stop sending me emails about that. I am currently working on developing several web applications using Ruby on Rails which I am just starting to fully understand. This has been consuming most of my time lately and for that I apologize. However I will be posting some more great, productivity packed content soon so hang in there.

Regards,

Tim Matheson

I have been learning Ruby on Rails for a while now and I must say it really is worth the hype. I would like to invite anyone who is interested in learning Ruby and the Rails framework to do so. You won’t be sorry. So what is Ruby on Rails? Well Ruby is an OOP (Object Oriented Programming) language and Rails is a web framework designed by a Danish programmer named David Heinemeier Hansson and 37signals an online web software company. Ruby is the code and Rails is the structure in which the code is organized, generated and maintained. If you have been programming in Java, PHP, ASP, ColdFusion or any other web programming language I would encourage you to checkout Ruby and its friend Rails and see what all the fuss is about. You can see the documentation for Ruby on Rails at http://corelib.rubyonrails.org I would also recommend a few books for beginners who are new to Ruby and or the Rails framework. Some books to get are Agile Web Development with Rails (Second Edition) from Pragmatic Bookshelf and also see Rails Recipes by Chad Fowler. Both books are easy to follow and walk you through the entire design/development process of creating a rails application. Some sites already using the Ruby on Rails framework are http://www.odeo.com, http://www.37signals.com, http://www.basecamphq.com, http://www.highrisehq.com, and many more. You can also download Ruby and the Rails framework by downloading the OCI (one click installer) found here at http://www.rubyonrails.org. If anyone out there has any additional tips for newbies to Ruby (myself included) please feel free to comment.

We all have done it, some maybe more than others. Regardless I have dug up an online resource with some great tips on how to get more done. The includes articles on “How To Stop Procrastinating“, “How To Prepare For Meetings“, “How To Delegate” and more. I found this resource very useful and hope you will to. Check it out at http://www.getmoredone.com.

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