From: Marc Heiler Date: 2008-08-03T07:06:32+09:00 Subject: Re: Newbie ,needed help learning ruby > But i feel its a little over my head when it comes to > understanding the concepts and implementing my own programs I think the only way ultimately is to experiment on your own. I am of course not saying that good books etc.. won't help, but I am saying that the best effect is when you write bad code, and one day lateron you realize exactly why this is bad code. IMHO designing is rather hard, at least for me. "Good" design takes a lot of effort, and I tend to be very lazy (although I document everything in a concise manner) One way could be to design a little game that uses "actors" to do something (ok ok i just suggested that you write some little game). -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.