From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2010-04-06T00:43:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Novice school teacher seeking help in programming

Hilary Bailey wrote:
> What is a practical approach to learning how to
> create a computer software from scratch. 

Write programs yourself. A good place to start is 
http://projecteuler.net/ especially because it may force you to do 
research online about whatever algorithms it may be talking about. 
Online research is important.
Write some more programs. Read the documentation and API when necessary 
( http://ruby-doc.org/core/ ).
Write some more programs. Ask for help here on how to do things you 
don't understand.
Write some more programs. Look up and read Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby.

That's the gist of it, to get started.

Next steps:

Read people's code.
Write programs.
Read people's code.
Send in patches (optional but appreciated) for other people's code.
Read people's code.
Write programs.
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