From: Ehsanul Hoque <ehsanul_g3@...>
Date: 2009-09-25T01:00:37+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby, New to Programming.

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> I just started programming about a month ago. I've started learning
> Ruby=2C C++=2C and Java just to get a feel for languages. I'm really liki=
ng
> 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)

Hey! You should take a look at Shoes. It's a ruby-based domain specific lan=
guage for GUIs. It's tremendously rewarding for a beginner to see the effec=
ts of their work visually=2C and Shoes is perfect as it is made with beginn=
ers in mind=2C so it's not too hard to use.

It comes with a nice=2C built-in manual=2C which you can read to get an ide=
a of use=2C and lots of sample apps. The shoebox website also has many apps=
 that others have made and posted=2C so that's a good source=2C and there a=
re also many tutorials around the web for shoes. It's simple to get started=
 with=2C but you can go pretty far with it=2C very far beyond "super basic =
programs" if you need to. Just come up with ideas for desktop programs=2C a=
 simple game perhaps=2C and start figuring out how to make it with the buil=
t-in manual.=20

The shoes website is temporarily http://shoes.heroku.com and if you have an=
y problems=2C you can always ask in the google group http://groups.google.c=
om/group/shoooes/

The shoes community is quite active=2C and helpful=2C and I think it's a gr=
eat start for programmers. In fact=2C a couple of people have done "Introdu=
ction to Programming" classes to kids using Shoes=2C because it's fun and g=
enerates a lot of interest=2C and isn't too difficult to get started. Have =
fun! :)

- Ehsan
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