From: Pete McBreen Date: 2001-12-22T03:20:36+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29247] Re: Some Questions from a Newbie (no programming experience) Dave Thomas wrote: >Mike Thomas writes: > >> 3. If you have no experience programming, there's a lot more to learn >> than Ruby syntax/features. I haven't seen any doco like 'Learn How To >> Program Using Ruby'. But you have to start somewhere, and I wouldn't >> let the lack of this doco hold you back :-) > >I believe Pete McBreen might be working on something like that. > Yes, I'm working on a "Ruby for the Nuby" book. It has more of a "learn how to be a software developer" flavor than the typical "learn how to program" books, but I am in the very early stages with this project. With any luck it should be ready for the second annual RubyConf.new(2002). All of the other Ruby books I've seen so far seem to be more for the experienced developer who just wants to learn Ruby, I'm aiming at the never programmed before market. Someone else (nameless by virtue of my memory for names) was thinking about taking on creating the Ruby version of the "Thinking Like A Computer Scientist" book - the python version is online at http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/ A Ruby version of the same would be a great addition to our community, so it would be great to hear about the status of this project as well. ---- Pete McBreen, McBreen.Consulting , Cochrane, AB email: petemcbreen@acm.org http://www.mcbreen.ab.ca/ Author, "Software Craftsmanship The New Imperative" Addison-Wesley (C) 2002 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201733862