From: "John N. Alegre" <info@...>
Date: 2006-03-29T00:43:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie needs OOP guidance...

Lionel Thiry wrote:

> Nick Pestell a 辿crit :
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I'm very excited to have found Ruby after a friend recommended it for me
>> to get back into programming. My last experience was with Pascal and
>> gwbasic 15 years ago! I've bought the Pickaxe v2 and started from the
>> beginning only to find myself getting a bit lost. I'm sure the author is
>> assuming basic experience with OOP. I've also looked at the Ruby focused
>> 'learn to program' guide at pine.fm, but was not satisifed with it in
>> terms of depth and clarity. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a
>> web resource or book that provides a good introduction to OOP (pref. with
>> Ruby) that they thought was logically written and provided enough of a
>> basis to get onto the pickaxe.
>> 
>> Any help is much appreciated.
>> 
Did this ever get past Chapter 3.  I always thought the first three chapters
where some of the best Ruby stuff I have ever found.  Too bad there is not
more, or is there???

john