From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-08-19T06:17:29+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby!

On 8/18/05, Seth Thomas Rasmussen <sethrasmussen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently finished reading the 2nd edition of the PickAxe. I thought it
> would be a good approach to get a overview of the language before even
> beginning to play around with it much.
> 
> I came to this mailing list in search of a community. :)
> 
> I am primarily a web developer, so obviously Rails interests me. However,
> since my background is in ColdFusion and I still have room to develop there,
> I'm not sure if I want to start playing with Rails as my first steps in
> Ruby. So, I'm wondering what kind of ideas and suggestions you guys have.
> Perhaps there are some common programming tasks that one would benefit to
> learn in any language. Maybe you're doing some great non-web stuff with
> Ruby: I'd like to know about it.

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html

> 
> But speaking of Rails, how easy is it to find some Rails-supported hosting
> out there?

http://www.textdrive.com

They are currently moving to a new datacenter and upgrading all their
hardware, so they weren't taking new customers the last time I
checked.  I think they'll take new customers within a week or two.

There's also http://www.dreamhost.com.

> 
> Hmm, this message feels rather scatterbrained. I guess I'm just looking for
> a little guidance from the community. How did you get into Ruby? Etc.

There's a Ruby Quiz every week starting on a Friday.  Good exercise to do those.