From: Kev Jackson <kevin.jackson@...>
Date: 2006-02-27T17:22:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Curriculum for Teaching Ruby to C++ Professionals

Stephen Waits wrote:

> Hi Rubyists,
>
> I'm a game programmer by profession.  I'm setting up a little "Learn  
> Ruby" course for the rest of the programmers at work.  Ruby may be  
> useful for internal tools for us, but it's not embeddable because of  
> the GPL.  That's not really important though, because I've *mostly*  
> pitched Ruby as "just being fun" for awhile now, and figure it's  
> finally time to share.
>
> So, I'm seeking advice on how to approach my presentation.
>
>     Duration: 90 minutes max
>     Audience: bright C/C++ programmers, many with Python experience
>     Goal: Teach the language rapidly, and Bedazzle

For me as a newbie to the language - the thing that really got to me was 
why's poignant guide - the explanation of blocks, dwemthys array (for 
meta-programming) where both brilliant.

I found just working on some of teh ruby quiz challenges to be great fun 
and a good way to learn how the language works

Kev