Getting a taste for Ruby:
Get a taste of Rails by creating a simple blog:
A little bit more with some Zombie fun:
Learn Ruby basics:
You'll save yourself a lot of pain and frustration if you put in the time to actually start seriously learning the language.:
Getting serious with Rails with a hefty tutorial:
Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial
Start absorbing Ruby and Rails through other mediums as well. Podcasts are great:
Watch some confreaks
Read some blogs and start participating in the community. Keep up with ruby news:
Become a master at problem-solving. Keep sharp by exercising your mind with Kata's:
Love it! How's the course treating you? You a master yet? :) Hey, congrats on the baby btw. It should be out any time now right?