From: Samuel Williams <space.ship.traveller@...>
Date: 2010-05-02T22:26:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Teaching Programming Languages (including Ruby)

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Dear Aamir,

Can you tell me exactly what link you looked at?

The Starting Points are mostly external links and not something I can =
control unfortunately. I've tried to select ones that are generally good =
for beginner to intermediate.

Thanks for your feedback.

Kind regards,
Samuel

On 3/05/2010, at 1:15 AM, AAMIR KHAN wrote:

> yeah the links given are good..
> but i have opened one of the books on wikibooks and there was no =
option to
> download that book..
> so if you can provide with some downloadable material then it will be
> great...
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> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:34 PM, James D. Maher <jmaher@jdmaher.com> =
wrote:
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>> 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]
>> 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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>> 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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