From: Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@...>
Date: 2007-10-30T07:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Good learning-by-doing projects?

On 29/10/2007, Søren Andersen <soren.andersen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm fairly new to ruby coming from some Java.
> I've been reading "The pragmatic programmers guide", which is pretty good.
> But, I always find it's easier to learn the language using it, rather than
> just reading about it. (Naturally...)
>
> So - what are your favorite "learning-by-doing"-proejcts? Both
> ruby-specific, and generally?

This come up from time to time, and frankly, I never understood what
the question is asking.  Programming is no more learning the idioms of
that language; the constructs behind it should be transferable across
languages.

Since you said you've used Java, see:

http://onestepback.org/articles/10things/

As for specific projects, that's hard to answer.   You could look at
the Ruby quizes:

www.rubyquiz.org

-- Thomas Adam