From: Bill Guindon Date: 2005-05-24T13:45:13+09:00 Subject: Re: Making a scripting tutorial On 5/24/05, James Britt wrote: > Vincent Foley wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am part of a Linux User Group in Quebec, and I would like to make a > > presentation one day about Ruby. Since most people there are not > > programmers, but mostly system administrators and that most of them > > know nothing about scripting beyond piping a command into grep, I > > thought it would be a nice opportunity to show them Ruby and how it can > > help them in their everyday tasks. > > > > Now, I would like to know, what sort of material I should cover for an > > introduction? Is there already material out there that I could ues? I > > will definitly need an introduction to Ruby, its syntax, etc. that is > > as concise and clear as possible. My plan of the tutorial right now > > would be something along the lines of: > > Over how many days? You've listed quite a bit of material to present to > non-programmers. > > You might do best to show enough about scripting in general, very > high-level, and some Ruby in particular, so as to generate interest in > further exploration. I'm inclined to agree. You can get a good 'non-programmer' start here: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=Contents > James > > > -- > > http://www.ruby-doc.org - The Ruby Documentation Site > http://www.rubyxml.com - News, Articles, and Listings for Ruby & XML > http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff > http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys > > -- Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)