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>=3B Date: Wed=2C 25 Apr 2012 12:58:0= 7 +0900
>=3B From: lists@ruby-forum.com
>=3B Subject: -BEGINNERS-= Where do I Start?
>=3B To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
>=3B
>= =3B Hello World....... I am very new to code but have been glancing at it>=3B for years. Catching glimpses here and reading articles there=2C bu= t=2C I
>=3B never actually started doing anything but absorbing info a= nd general
>=3B understanding. So.... I started in looking for a code = to learn=2C I start
>=3B by looking for a java setup since I drink lot= s of coffee....lol Well
>=3B when reading about java i seen an article= about how Ruby was way more
>=3B comprehensive and easy going in a se= nse you don't have to spoon feed the
>=3B compiler to make things with= your set objects or commands. So i decided
>=3B to go with Ruby since= it wasn't that hard to understand when reading
>=3B _why's Guide to R= uby. I got a few chapters in and started to get swamped
>=3B with exam= ples that I never used but only read.... At this point I had
>=3B just= installed Lucid Lynx(Ubuntu [which i have no experience with
>=3B ins= talling through the terminal]) so with Lynx in place I had read a how
&g= t=3B to article on installing Ruby and did so successfully.(I am pretty sur= e
>=3B anyway)
>=3B
>=3B So now I have Ruby 1.9.3 with RVM = as the main source for my install. At
>=3B this point I get confused. = How do i use ruby? What I thought of was I
>=3B want to be able to ent= er some code an execute it to see what happens.
>=3B Like the "Try Rub= y" tutorial page where they have a open ruby enviorment
>=3B for peopl= e to get a taste of the Ruby in action. I havent been able to
>=3B fig= ure out how to do taste testing like that on my own. I have been in
>= =3B the terminal and typed "Ruby" which is auto loaded at the time the
&= gt=3B terminal is opened so then it breaks into the ruby mode and allows me= to
>=3B write lines and press enter to end the line an move to the ne= xt however
>=3B it doesn't work like I thought=2C mostly because I don= t know what to think
>=3B yet. At this point I want to try the stuff t= hat I have been reading
>=3B about in _why's ruby book. Am I just supp= ose to start writing things in
>=3B my terminal? How do i test the cod= e I wrote? How do I save and run the
>=3B code right there as I am wri= ting it like in the "Try Ruby"? In the
>=3B online try ruby it allows = me to enter some code and hit Return to make
>=3B it run the script. B= ut when i hit enter in the terminal it just moves to
>=3B the next lin= e which leads me to believe that there is a start/end
>=3B command to = let the Ruby know what I want to run an when to run it.
>=3B Basically= I don't what is going on=2C am I using ruby when I type "Ruby"
>=3B i= n the terminal? How do I make things execute and show me the results? I
= >=3B feel quite close=2C like I am just missing a few understandings. Lik= e how
>=3B do I open ruby=2C how do i use ruby=2C and do I interact an= d communicate
>=3B with ruby in a manner that i type and it responds?<= br>>=3B
>=3B I guess I just dont understand fully yet about what to= do with ruby and
>=3B how to make it talk to me when I talk to it. Ye= sterday I didn't even
>=3B know how to install ruby=2C but now i have = it installed and dont know how
>=3B to use it or interact with it. Any= advice for someone who is it at
>=3B ground zero with NO code experie= nce would be helpful. How do use ruby?
>=3B How do I make it function= =2C how do i interact with ruby?
>=3B
>=3B DAY 2 is where I am a= t on learning Ruby-
>=3B
>=3B --
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