I'm a front-end dev currently being asked to work on a Rails API backend. What are some good resources to get comfortable with the language and the framework?

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  1. curriculum

    The open curriculum for learning web development

    I can highly recommend The Pragmatic Studio Course and The Odin Project.

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  3. ruby

    Exercism exercises in Ruby. (by exercism)

    Ruby: - The Well-Grounded Rubyist. It covers some advanced Ruby, so it's worthwhile even if you already know some Ruby. - Exercism for Ruby practice.

  4. learn-ruby

    Learning resources for Ruby, Rails, and related skills.

    For even more resources, here's my list of my favorites: https://github.com/fpsvogel/learn-ruby

  5. ruby-science

    The reference for writing fantastic Rails applications

    It's a bit more advanced, but I like Ruby Science by thoughtbot.

  6. rswag

    Seamlessly adds a Swagger to Rails-based API's

    https://github.com/rswag/rswag - helps generate Swagger documentation (you can upload it to an external service, like readme.com or serve from your Rails app)

  7. alba

    Alba is a JSON serializer for Ruby, JRuby and TruffleRuby.

    Alba gem for JSON serializer

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