Links to documentation and other fun stuff for the GA Boston 2013 class.
Ruby/Rails Documentation
http://rails-bestpractices.com/
http://globaldev.co.uk/2013/09/ruby-tips-part-1/
http://rubydoc.info/stdlib/core/1.9.3/frames
http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html
The Philosophy of Ruby http://unqb.tumblr.com/post/50737858406/ruby-philosophy
Ruby Style Guide https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide
http://www.rubyfleebie.com/understanding-fixnums/
http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2009/04/21/object-ids-and-fixnums/
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PythonVsRuby
http://peepcode.com/blog/2010/what-pythonistas-think-of-ruby
Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/
Also in PDF form: http://www.rubyinside.com/media/poignant-guide.pdf
http://apidock.com/ruby/Array/map
http://rubydoc.info/stdlib/core/1.9.3/frames
http://www.gotapi.com/rubyrails
r/ruby http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/
Ruby Regex Editor http://rubular.com/
Ruby/Sinatra course http://spring493.deliciousrobots.com/
======= Rails
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/
- There's a link to all the Rails Guides in mobi format for easy reading via the Kindle app.
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html
======= Git
http://ndpsoftware.com/git-cheatsheet.html
======= Big-O Algorithm Time Complexities http://bigocheatsheet.com/
100 Coding Projects https://github.com/thekarangoel/Projects
=======
Books
Javascript: The Good Parts http://it-ebooks.info/read/274/
Twitter API http://www.amazon.com/dp/0989875806
Beautiful Code- O'Reilly Press Coders at Work The Rspec Book
Seven Databases in Seven Weeks Seven Languages in Seven Weeks- compares and contrasts
======= Productivity
Cinch http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/
Alfred http://www.alfredapp.com/
======= HTML & CSS
CSS resets http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/ http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
HTML Microdata http://schema.org/
Adobe Color Wheel https://kuler.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/
CSS Specificity http://css-tricks.com/specifics-on-css-specificity/
CSS Specificity http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/specificity
Google Fonts http://www.google.com/fonts
W3 Schools http://www.w3schools.com/
CSS Frameworks
Gumpy http://gumbyframework.com/
Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/
Design Examples http://www.awwwards.com/ http://builtwithbootstrap.com/
======= Databases
Postgres sorting http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/queries-order.html
======= Other Non-Ruby Links
The Noun Project- free icons http://thenounproject.com/
General Assembly Badges http://ga.bling.phillbaker.com/#wdi):
Sublime Shortcuts https://gist.github.com/lucasfais/1207002
Semantic Versioning http://semver.org/
Know more about HTTP https://github.com/for-GET/know-your-http-well
Code Katas http://codekata.pragprog.com/2007/01/code_kata_backg.html#more
Some basic UNIX commands http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dhyatt/superap/unixcmd.html
Markdown Syntax http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics
Pry http://pryrepl.org/screencasts.html
r/learnprogramming http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming
======= Javascript
screencasts on 'this' in javascript https://thenewcircle.com/s/post/1564/context_or_the_this_keyword_in_javascript_tutorial
d3 tutorial https://www.dashingd3js.com/table-of-contents
'Interactive Data Visualization for the Web' http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1230000000345/index.html
Leaflet- library for interactive maps http://leafletjs.com/
Backbone.js, JSON API, and Relational Data: A Primer http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/62054652551/backbone-js-json-api-and-relational-data-a-primer
Angular.js Tutorial http://learnangularjs.net/
======= Design
d3 examples http://christopheviau.com/d3list/
Data Visualization http://datavisualization.ch/tools/selected-tools/ http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1230000000345/index.html
Templates http://html5up.net/ http://www.designrazzi.com/2013/free-css3-html5-templates/
HTML, CSS, jQuery Cheat Sheets http://www.designyourway.net/drb/all-the-cheat-sheets-an-up-to-date-web-designer-needs-css3-html5-and-jquery/
Free Background Patterns http://subtlepatterns.com/
====== Culture
http://www.womenintechnology.org/witef/resources
