From: Brian McCallister <brianm@...>
Date: 2005-01-28T08:39:05+09:00
Subject: [Mostly OT] Re: Good Ruby/LAMP Informational Sources

Well, LAMP is just [Linux|FreeBSD] Apache [MySQL|PostgreSQL] and 
[PHP|Perl|Python]

So really, resources on FreeBSD, Apache, Ruby, and PostgreSQL ( FARP ) 
and you are good to go ;-)

MySQL and PostgreSQL both have solid documentation at their respective 
sites. If you don't know your way around Apache or *nix very well yet, 
I would suggest going to good vhosting company for hosting ( 
http://www.textdrive.com/ is good from what I hear) and setting up a 
small, local, FreeBSD or Linux (I prefer FreeBSD, but it is arguably 
less friendly to newcomers, if superior in every other way ;-)

FreeBSD
	http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html 
is SPECTACULAR
	/UNIX Power Tools/ published by O'Reilly is best thing for learning 
way around a shell

*nix in General
	/UNIX System Administration Handbook/ by Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, & 
Hein
		Excellent general *nix systems intro book
		There is also a linux specific one if you go that way ;-)

Apache
	Online: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/
	Most of the O'Reilly Apache books are good
		/Apache: The Definitive Guide/, Laurie & Laurie is a good intro, if 
showing its age ;-)
		/The Apache Cookbook/, Bowen & ROUS is an excellent recipe/reference 
guide

MySQL
	http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html
	Cannot recommend any books =(

Ruby
	You found the best place =)

PostgreSQL
	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/index.html
	Cannot recommend any books =(

Databases in General
	/An Introduction to Database Systems/, C. J. Date (not LAMPy (FARPy ?) 
but excellent!)
		Worth gaining a solid understanding of databases as in most FARPy apps
		data is king.

-Brian

On Jan 27, 2005, at 6:11 PM, tom@tompurl.com wrote:

> Hi, I'm fairly new to Ruby with a background in web development using 
> Java
> and Zope.  I've recently been attracted to Ruby On Rails, which has 
> led me
> to want to learn more about the advantages of using the LAMP stack in
> general.
>
> I've been experimenting with creating LAMP applications using Ruby 
> (which
> is pretty sweet by the way), and I would love to learn more about it in
> general, but I can't find much on it.  I've been to a bunch of Ruby 
> sites
> and seen a bunch of books, but they don't talk about LAMP.  I've also 
> seen
> a lot of LAMP sites and books, but most of those focus on PHP.
>
> Does anyone know of a good, Ruby-centric resource for learning about 
> LAMP
> development?  At the very least, does anyone know of a good,
> language-neutral, informational site in general for learning about LAMP
> (other than onlamp.com)?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Tom Purl
>
>