From: Casimir <pikEISPAMMMseli@...>
Date: 2008-08-12T20:12:36+09:00
Subject: Re: I'm a beginner, where should I go to?

Perhaps you could use different code profiling tools and benchmarks to 
learn what works well and what doesn't?

For example, look at ruby Pretty, or these: 
http://ruby.sadi.st/Ruby_Sadist.html

Casimir Pohjanraito

Ben Aurel kirjoitti:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Ben Aurel <ben.aurel@gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi
>> After working with some ruby projects and playing with existing
>> sources I decided to finally get my hands dirty. It's an interesting
>> experiences with similarities of learning a human language where your
>> comprehension skills are far more better than your speaking skills.
>> Basically the problem I have that I've written too much excellent ruby
>> code, without a deeper knowldedge of what the code really do, but with
>> a rather feeling 'that looks terse' vs. 'that looks clunky'.
>> Now that I actually begin to write code of my own, I find myself in a
>> similar position as somebody after a brainsurgery trying to learn how
>> to speak. Its grinding and for every line I write I think for myself
>> 'oh god that's probably wrong'.
>> So the thing I'm looking for is a mailinglist where I can post my
>> pathetic code in order to discuss it with some more experienced
>> writers.
>> thanks
>> ben
>>
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