From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2009-09-24T14:42:49+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby, New to Programming.

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Jon Kupe <jon.kuperman@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just started programming about a month ago. I've started learning
> Ruby, C++, and Java just to get a feel for languages. I'm really liking
> ruby but I'm getting bored of doing super basic programs.(No more Hello
> World's) At the same time I'm totally lost when looking at any of the
> code snippets posted on this forum. I was wondering if anyone had any
> suggestions for getting better/more familiar without taking a class(I'm
> going to take one next semester at school)
>
>
You could always read through Chris Pine's 'Learn to Program'. Its an
introductory
programming book with the examples in Ruby. Now in second edition, from
Pragmatic Press.

Richard.

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