From: john maclean Date: 2009-04-13T16:07:26+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie confusion and dejection 2009/4/13 Dylan Evans : > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Reg wrote: > >> On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:17:25 -0500, Bill Kelly wrote: >> >> > >> > >> >> Thanks Bill - it's all grist to the mill >> >> What? > You need to type your script up in a text editor, i hear notepad is great > for a starter. Then you need to save the file, as for example hello.rb . > Then you need to open up a terminal window and type 'ruby hello.rb'.  Here > is your hello world in ruby; > > > puts 'Hello, World! God help us all!' > > > -- > The UNIX system has a command, nice ... in order to be nice to the other > users. Nobody ever uses it." - Andrew S. Tanenbaum > I wrote a simple code generator that would create a two files; a ruby template file and a test_the_script.rb to test the script in that file. Who cares what editor/IDE/OS I used? works for you and works for me [a] ;-). Point is that I wrote it in ruby and say `ruby generate_new_script.rb. to generate the two files. With unit testing in the file " test_generate_new_script.rb" I test the script "generate_new_script.rb", so that I can check that my thinking was right whilst I was writing the script. Also, my knowledge base grows at the rate that _I_ learn as I write more productive code. I hate notes, as they are easy to write. For me tests are a nice way of saying to myself "STFU and __code__! Stop collecting bookmarks, STFU and..." I would strongly suggest that you spend sometime with that url [0]. You'll learn how __you__ learn Ruby. [a] Disclaimer: Works For Me Technolgy is copyright of Jayeola. Anything else that works is either completely beyond me or just pure luck. -- John Maclean 07739 171 531 MSc (DIC) Timezone: GMT