What do I need to know to get my first real rails app up and running?
I need to get a rails project out the door by December 25 (ambition * 1000). I know this first project is going to be crappy, but I need the experience. I plan on coding the full stack.

I have a lot of academic programming experience but very little 'real' practical experience. I'm coming to Ruby on Rails with zero experience. Other than Ruby on Rails what other technologies do I need to learn? I'm going to use Ruby 1.9.3 and Rails 3.1.1.

My project mostly models a family tree with birth and death dates. I think the hardest thing is going to be how I display the views.

To sum up I'm asking as someone who wants to go from academic experience to a real project that generates some income; what do I need to know as a minimum to get this off the ground?

What do I need to know to get my first real rails app up and running?
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I need to get a rails project out the door by December 25 (ambition * 1000). I know this first project is going to be crappy, but I need the experience. I plan on coding the full stack.

I have a lot of academic programming experience but very little 'real' practical experience. I'm coming to Ruby on Rails with zero experience. Other than Ruby on Rails what other technologies do I need to learn? I'm going to use Ruby 1.9.3 and Rails 3.1.1.

My project mostly models a family tree with birth and death dates. I think the hardest thing is going to be how I display the views.

To sum up I'm asking as someone who wants to go from academic experience to a real project that generates some income; what do I need to know as a minimum to get this off the ground?
