From: Sam Duncan <sduncan@...>
Date: 2013-02-01T07:33:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Project Ideas to get someone hired...


On 02/01/2013 08:15 AM, Colby Callahan wrote:
> I have started learning Ruby this past week and have down the basics 
> of loops, filters, strings, arrays, hashes, functions, etc.
>
> Since I have no professional experience with the language, I figured I 
> would complete a few projects on my own and see if I can get hired 
> somewhere.
>
> What kinds of small projects might a beginning Ruby programmer take on 
> that would demonstrate enough skill to get hired?  Is Ruby code enough 
> or would it have to be an actual Rails app?
>
> p.s.  I have no idea how to deploy a rails application - environment 
> seems impossible to set up - yes I have followed more than 5 tutorials 
> exactly.  Prob doesn't help I'm on a Windows 64 bit machine as it 
> seems certain dll files and other things get messed up easily.
>
> Colby

Maybe write some useful puppet modules?

Sam