From: "David A. Black" Date: 2007-10-30T07:38:35+09:00 Subject: Re: Good learning-by-doing projects? --1926193751-852746668-1193697499=:22060 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1926193751-852746668-1193697499=:22060" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1926193751-852746668-1193697499=:22060 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Hi -- On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Thomas Adam wrote: > On 29/10/2007, S=F8ren Andersen wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm fairly new to ruby coming from some Java. >> I've been reading "The pragmatic programmers guide", which is pretty goo= d. >> But, I always find it's easier to learn the language using it, rather th= an >> 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. Then rephrase the question in your mind as: What are your favorite learning-the-idioms-of-the-language-by-doing projects? :-) There's definitely something there to learn, and that means that there are different approaches to, and experiences with, the process. I actually think it's possible to learn something about programming *from* a particular programming language. I probably can't come up with a sound technical reason why that should be, but I believe it is. David --=20 Upcoming training by David A. Black/Ruby Power and Light, LLC: * Advancing With Rails, Edison, NJ, November 6-9 * Advancing With Rails, Berlin, Germany, November 19-22 * Intro to Rails, London, UK, December 3-6 (by Skills Matter) See http://www.rubypal.com for details! --1926193751-852746668-1193697499=:22060-- --1926193751-852746668-1193697499=:22060--