From: Zachary Scott Date: 2012-04-28T01:28:09+09:00 Subject: Re: -BEGINNERS- Where do I Start? Just saw this[1], not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet. 1: http://iwanttolearnruby.com/ On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Alexander McMillan wrote: > Try http://www.oldkingjames.org and click on learn to program and there are > some Ruby lessons for beginners to programming itself. > > >> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:58:07 +0900 >> From: lists@ruby-forum.com >> Subject: -BEGINNERS- Where do I Start? >> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org > >> >> Hello World....... I am very new to code but have been glancing at it >> for years. Catching glimpses here and reading articles there, but, I >> never actually started doing anything but absorbing info and general >> understanding. So.... I started in looking for a code to learn, I start >> by looking for a java setup since I drink lots of coffee....lol Well >> when reading about java i seen an article about how Ruby was way more >> comprehensive and easy going in a sense you don't have to spoon feed the >> compiler to make things with your set objects or commands. So i decided >> to go with Ruby since it wasn't that hard to understand when reading >> _why's Guide to Ruby. I got a few chapters in and started to get swamped >> with examples that I never used but only read.... At this point I had >> just installed Lucid Lynx(Ubuntu [which i have no experience with >> installing through the terminal]) so with Lynx in place I had read a how >> to article on installing Ruby and did so successfully.(I am pretty sure >> anyway) >> >> So now I have Ruby 1.9.3 with RVM as the main source for my install. At >> this point I get confused. How do i use ruby? What I thought of was I >> want to be able to enter some code an execute it to see what happens. >> Like the "Try Ruby" tutorial page where they have a open ruby enviorment >> for people to get a taste of the Ruby in action. I havent been able to >> figure out how to do taste testing like that on my own. I have been in >> the terminal and typed "Ruby" which is auto loaded at the time the >> terminal is opened so then it breaks into the ruby mode and allows me to >> write lines and press enter to end the line an move to the next however >> it doesn't work like I thought, mostly because I dont know what to think >> yet. At this point I want to try the stuff that I have been reading >> about in _why's ruby book. Am I just suppose to start writing things in >> my terminal? How do i test the code I wrote? How do I save and run the >> code right there as I am writing it like in the "Try Ruby"? In the >> online try ruby it allows me to enter some code and hit Return to make >> it run the script. But when i hit enter in the terminal it just moves to >> the next line which leads me to believe that there is a start/end >> command to let the Ruby know what I want to run an when to run it. >> Basically I don't what is going on, am I using ruby when I type "Ruby" >> in the terminal? How do I make things execute and show me the results? I >> feel quite close, like I am just missing a few understandings. Like how >> do I open ruby, how do i use ruby, and do I interact and communicate >> with ruby in a manner that i type and it responds? >> >> I guess I just dont understand fully yet about what to do with ruby and >> how to make it talk to me when I talk to it. Yesterday I didn't even >> know how to install ruby, but now i have it installed and dont know how >> to use it or interact with it. Any advice for someone who is it at >> ground zero with NO code experience would be helpful. How do use ruby? >> How do I make it function, how do i interact with ruby? >> >> DAY 2 is where I am at on learning Ruby- >> >> -- >> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >>