What are the most active Ruby forums/blogs on the web? [closed]

Question

I have just spent 2 days with Ruby, and my observation in last two days is that it is very difficult (as compared to say .NET/Java) to find an active forum/blogs which are helpful for Ruby (or maybe I don't know them since I am new).

Which are the most common forums/blogs developers visit when they need help with Ruby (other than Stack Overflow)?

Answer 1

Some of your best bets are the following IRC channels on irc.freenode.net. Very active.

#rubyonrails

#ruby-lang

#ruby

You can almost always get questions answered in minutes. There is an etiquette to follow, and they can get cranky if you don't follow it, but I think mostly that's because some of the main responders are sitting there for hours answering question after question and they want you to phrase things in a way that allows them to be efficient.

Here are some good blogs:

errtheblog

Jamis Buck's blog (author of Capistrano, works for 37 Signals with DHH)