From: Uma Geller <umageller@...>
Date: 2007-02-08T00:40:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Newbie Advice.

Hey Samantha, welcome on board !

Some good news: you can read a 60% for free,
until the rest of it gets published online.

http://rubyhacker.com/

Hope you'll be up and running soon, doing
business and on your way to B&N to buy the
dead wood release. (very worth it)

Good luck!
                                   UG

On 05/02/07, Samantha <rubygeekgirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I've decided after about a week or so of being on the list to come out
> of hiding and ask a couple of questions.  My email addy of
> rubygeekgirl is not a reality, but more of an aspiration.  :)
>
> Real quick background on my knowledge and skill level -- I played
> around with BASIC on my Commodore VIC 20 at the age of 8 (which was 22
> years ago).  A couple of years ago I started to try and learn Python.
> Fast-forward to Fall of 2006, I decided to try and pick it up again.
> In addition, I also decided to go back to college and my first class
> this last semester was Programming Logic and Design.  The course was
> pretty much about logic (imagine that) and we covered loops and mostly
> procedural programming, print charts, arrays, and that's pretty much
> it.  Anyway, as I started to look at Python again, I happened to
> discover Ruby.  I spent about a month deciding on whether I wanted to
> learn Ruby or Python, and as I looked at what was available, I felt
> more at ease in Ruby.  I read a few tutorials, went out and bought the
> PickAxe about four months ago, and did my best to get through it.  I
> think a lot of it is a bit over my head.  I also looked at the Pine
> online book and the Why's Poignant guide, in addition to the Little
> Book of Ruby and a couple of other resources.
>
> Okay, enough of THAT.  I'm now at the point where I feel like I'm
> reading the same thing over and over and over again.  I'm not the most
> patient person and I want to start coding something.  I've already
> made some small interactive 'kiddie' command line programs and the
> such, but I'm getting bored.  I just don't know where or what or HOW
> to start.
>
> I'm starting to look at code snippets over at Ruby Forge... I also
> just got laid off a few weeks ago, so money is tight, otherwise, I'd
> go out and buy The Ruby Way, which I perused at Barnes and Noble last
> week and fell in love with.
>
> So, I ask you, the gurus... Where do I start?  This feels like a
> writer's block and I'm sick of reading.  I want to start *doing*
>
> I have the IDEs installed, I have Ruby installed on my Gentoo Linux
> box...
>
> I'm sick of writing things asking for the user's name and if they want
> to try a chocolate chip cookie. :)
>
> Thanks so much in advance.  I apologize for my verbosity.
>
> Samantha
>
> http://www.babygeek.org/
>
>
>


-- 
best,
                        UG
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Uma Geller
http://umageller.wordpress.com