From: Ehsanul Hoque Date: 2009-09-25T01:14:28+09:00 Subject: Re: New to Ruby, New to Programming. --_b12a8469-d151-4002-870c-c09f10f53879_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I forgot to mention a couple things earlier. You could check out Why's Poig= nant Guide to Ruby. It's a book that has been the reason for many people fa= lling in love with the language. It's somewhat eccentric=2C but very well w= ritten and fun. Why was the creator of Shoes to=2C you should know. Here's = the book: http://cloud.github.com/downloads/devyn/shoes-web/whys-poignant-g= uide-to-ruby.pdf Another fun thing you can do for programming in general is automation of di= fferent things. Using AutoIt V3 ( http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index= .shtml ) for windows automation=2C if you have a windows machine anywhere= =2C can be extremely fun. It was my start in programming. It was really fun= for me because I was automating the playing of online text-based MMORPGs= =2C but you can do all sorts of stuff. And it's a treat to see your compute= r act out real user movements that you've programmed it to=2C like seeing a= car running a race track without a driver! Anyways=2C I'll end with a piece of totally unsolicited advice: You should = always have fun when programming. Well=2C sure=2C sometimes it's a pain=2C = but it should be fun overall at least. So try to find the most fun things y= ou can do and go for it. Just learning a language without applying it in a = fun way can get boring very fast=2C unless you have some other deep motivat= ion to learn programming. - Ehsan. =0A= _________________________________________________________________=0A= Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that=92s right for you.=0A= http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=3Dftp_val_wl_290= --_b12a8469-d151-4002-870c-c09f10f53879_--