From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-09-23T08:54:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting started with Ruby (noob confusion)

Nunya Business wrote:
> Tim Hunter wrote:
> 
>> First, welcome to Ruby!
>>
>> Hmmm...well, I would say that the applications you've listed are far
>> from simple. In fact, they're quite ambitious for somebody who is new to
>> programming. (Not to mention, sorta redundant. Why bother to write
>> applications for which there are already many very good - as well as
>> free - examples to choose from?)
> 
> Well, I want to make my own. My interest in programming was sparked by 
> the lack of features that *I* would like to see in the above-mentioned 
> apps.
> 
> 
>> If I were in your shoes, I'd postpone the whole GUI app goal for a bit
>> and concentrate on simple applications that run on the command line and
>> simply print text.
> 
> Yuck. Such progs serve no purpose to me. Anybody can make a console read 
> text back to them. I want to make something *useful*.
> 
> 
>> Check out Peter Cooper's _Beginning_Ruby_
>> [http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ruby-Novice-Professional/dp/1590597664].
>> He has some very entertaining examples that you can work through while
>> learning programming and Ruby.
> 
> I've been reading some stuff. On a side note, It's my opinion that 
> examining source code helps, too. I'd like to find some apps similar to 
> what I have in mind, that are built in Ruby, and examine their code, but 
> I have yet to find any.
> 
>> Regarding RubyGems: http://docs.rubygems.org/
>>
>> Good luck!
> 
> Thanks.

Hmmm...well, there's some good advice in this thread: 
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/253f91456dde8b75/0eb460a545554d24?q=need+serious+help&lnk=ol&

The OP presented himself as a novice seeking advice but turned out to be 
a troll. Nevertheless some very talented and sincere Ruby-ists responded 
with their best advice. Of course, the OP ended up making a fool of 
himself, but you can ignore that.

Good luck!

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