From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T05:47:12+09:00
Subject: Re: program writing

write a game. like tic tac toe or a text adventure game.

or write a script to make something you frequently do on your  
computer go faster. for example i wrote a script that takes all the  
warcraft 3 replays on my desktop (where they download to) and puts  
them in the right folder.

On May 22, 2006, at 1:26 PM, corey konrad wrote:

> i think i understand the basic syntax of ruby, now what do i do  
> with it?
> I open up my text editor and draw a blank. How do i get ideas and
> actually start programming? Its alot of different than poetry or art
> where i can basically start anywhere and just go wild with  
> creativity. I
> guess i just dont understand the creative side of programming. I also
> dont understand why when i look at o ther peoples code i have no idea
> what is going on. its like i learned the syntax from the book and  
> yet i
> cant read source code and understand what is happening. Its kind of
> frustrating. I thought when i learned the keywords and syntax of a
> computer language that it would open up a new door of creativity but i
> just have no idea what to do with it.
>
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>
>

-- Elliot Temple
http://www.curi.us/blog/