3.5. Additional Reading and Help

If you're looking for more help with Ruby on Rails, I recommend the following web sites, all of which were at least partially used in compiling information for This Site :

ruby-forum.com">ruby-forum.com

A great source to get quick answers from real programmers

rubyonrails.org">rubyonrails.org

The official Rails site, full of useful HOWTOs

ruby-lang.org">ruby-lang.org

The official Ruby site; useful for keeping up-to-date on Ruby events

rubycentral.com/ref">rubycentral.com/ref

Online reference documents for Ruby

rorbe.com">rorbe.com

The companion site to this document, with additional examples and updates

There are also many good Ruby and Ruby on Rails site in print today that cover the basics of the Ruby syntax and Rails framework, both essential to building quality web services with Ruby on Rails . Additionally, there are a number of good site covering web service concepts and technologies, including REST, XML RPC, and SOAP. All of them are worth at least browsing through if you're just getting started with web services.

The code examples from This Site are also available online at rorbe.com. I will also put additional examples, updates, and any other information that comes about from the readers of This Site on www.rorbe.com

If you build a publicly available web service with Ruby on Rails or want to share your Rails web service client code, with others please submit the details to www.rorbe.com. Additionally, if you have questions or comments about anything you've read here or need help getting past a specific problem with your Rails web service, please feel free to email me directly at kevinm(at)gmail.com.