From: Samuel Williams <space.ship.traveller@...>
Date: 2010-05-02T22:26:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Teaching Programming Languages (including Ruby)

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Dear James,

Cobol could be considered, but my goal was mostly to try and get a =
sample of existing and educationally relevant languages, rather than a =
historically accurate resource.

One thing which you might be interested in is on the Resources page =
there is a link to programming language history poster:
	http://www.levenez.com/lang/

This is quite a good poster if you are interested in the historical =
aspect of programming language evolution.

I have not given up on producing teaching materials for Ruby. This is =
simply stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. However, the =
goal for this site in the future will be the addition of tutorials =
teaching Ruby. The original tutorial (in need of a bit of TLC) is still =
under development:
	http://programming.dojo.net.nz/study/learn-ruby

It still requires a lot more work.

Thanks for your feedback.

Kind regards,
Samuel

On 3/05/2010, at 1:04 AM, James D. Maher wrote:

> Awfully ambitious!
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> But what?  No COBOL?
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> Does this mean you've given up on creating teaching materials for =
Ruby?
> The referenced website is such a comprehensive undertaking that it =
must
> interfere with steady progress on Ruby teaching, right?
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> j
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> James D. Maher
> jdmaher@jdmaher.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel Williams [mailto:space.ship.traveller@gmail.com]=20
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 7:28 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Teaching Programming Languages (including Ruby)
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> Hello,
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> This is a follow up from previous postings about teaching Ruby in the
> class room.
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> I've now come full circle, and put together this website:
> 	http://programming.dojo.net.nz/
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> This site is about programming languages in general, and is designed =
to
> be a starting point for people interested in learning more about a =
given
> programming language.
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> I'd be really grateful for people to look at the site and let me know
> any feedback about the content and how it is presented.
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> In particular interest to this group is the Ruby page:
> 	http://programming.dojo.net.nz/languages/ruby/index
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> Also, under the Resources section, there are a set of posters =
(including
> one for Ruby). These posters are designed for class rooms where they
> will stimulate interest in programming languages. The posters are =
likely
> to have at least one more iteration, so any feedback on them would be
> appreciated (including corrections or improvements).
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> =09
> http://programming.dojo.net.nz/resources/programming-language-posters
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> If anyone has any suggestions about particular resources or reading
> material, please let me know. Keep in mind this is a site for absolute
> beginners.
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> Thanks,
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> Kind regards,
> Samuel
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