It’s been a few months now since a friend of mine asked me “have you seen this Ruby on Rails stuff?” I remember my first reaction being “eh,” I’ve got too much to worry about right now. However, RoR keeps bubbling back to the surface, and according to the “Getting Real” philosophy, that means it’s time to take another look.

First and foremost, I’m a design and usability guy, so the simplicity of Ruby is very appealing. The hardest thing so far is getting the server environment set up correctly (I’m not so good with BSD commands).

Over the next few weeks, I hope to learn some more about RoR and share it with you. Now where’s that Kool Aid?