From: Hilary Bailey Date: 2010-04-06T02:34:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Novice school teacher seeking help in programming Richard Conroy wrote: > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Hilary Bailey > wrote: > >> > Perhaps this book is more appropriate for an absolute beginner? >> > >> > http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram >> > >> > Jesus. >> >> Jesus, the book is just as similar to Beginning Ruby From Novice to >> Professional. Do i have to learn C and or C++ before even thinking of >> using Ruby or attempting to write a software? >> >> > Are we talking about the same book? I am trying to recall any mention of > C or C++ in Learn to Program whatsoever, unless it was placing it in > context. > > You might want to look out for Shoes, or the Hackety Hack Ruby > extensions. > They use Ruby as a baseline. but simplify it further specifically for > helping > beginners & kids to learn programming. On pgs 296 and 297. There is not clarity as how to use the million of concepts. Someone recommended to abandon Ruby and go directly to Ruby on Rails, as it offers more flexibility while learning Ruby and also Rails. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.