From: Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>
Date: 2005-03-22T09:02:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby newbie: 3 week learning project

I will second the suggestion for ruby quiz. I know a fair number of
languages so there is really nothing new in ruby, but it is in many
ways greater than the sum of its parts. I read the pick axe book and
did the most of the quizzes (I did the old ones and in the last two
weeks caught up). Writing code is always the best way to learn a
language and seeing a half dozen other solutions is always
illuminative as well.

I cannot call myself an expert yet, but I know enough to know I like
it and have started my first real project (using Rails) and will see
how it goes.

Patrick


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:17:38 +0900, James Edward Gray II
<james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Al Abut - alabut.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi all, I'm (very) new to Ruby and I'm blogging out every day of a 3
> > week course to learn the language, you're all more than welcome to join
> > in:
> >
> > http://alabut.com/nonsense/2005/03/learn-ruby-in-3-weeks.html
> 
> Welcome to the Ruby language and community.
> 
> > I'm new to the list/group as well, so I'm not sure what the ratio of
> > newbies to experts is here, but there might be a few that would like to
> > brush up on the basics or know of others that might be interested.
> 
> Good luck with your explorations and don't hesitate to shout if we can
> help illuminate some concept you run into with your studies.  We love
> to help.
> 
> When you have a little more experience and want to practice your new
> language skills, take a stab at solving one of the Ruby Quizzes.  A new
> challenge is posted to this list every Friday, so you'll find one that
> interests you eventually.  Until then, start reading the solutions
> people send in.  That's a great way too get use to idiomatic Ruby.
> 
> Again, good luck and welcome!
> 
> James Edward Gray II
> 
>