If you have a working knowledge of Ruby on Rails and want to have someone show you through some useful day to day Rails examples then you just have to subscribe to Railscasts.

There are now over 100 free episodes but don’t panic they are short, sharp and to the point and Ryan does a fantastic job of explaining things and presenting some really useful examples. The early ones cover Rails prior to 2.0 but are all still valid and most can be viewed in isolation.

I gained a lot of understanding by just being able to look over a proper Rails developer’s shoulder and within the first few episodes had a few ‘ah, i see!’ moments. Ryan is part of the PeepCode network which provides quality screencasts for Rails developers so you know your in good hands!

You can subscribe to Railscasts through itunes as it is available in podcast format or by visiting the site you can download the casts separately.