Re: Working through Ch.10 for learning to program 2.0 (Chris Pine)

Am 02.08.2013 04:15, schrieb JD JD:
> Marcus, do you have any good website/book/etc. that would be helpful 
> from going from complete "novice" to "pretty good"?  I know everyone 
> says this book is good, but I think it jumps too fast after ch. 9.
> 
> Is there one that is really good at that doesn't jump so fast without 
> giving plenty of examples beforehand (not answers of course, but 
> examples are helpful)?  Anything?

Not sure... there might be a gap where it's difficult to find *the*
right book. Chris Pine's book is for complete beginners and covers
only the very basics, whereas many other recommended books are
targeted at programmers with at least *some* experience.

In general, there are plenty of resources out there: there are
certainly many recommendations in the ruby-talk archives,
there are also some links on ruby-lang.org, and many tutorials,
examples, etc. that can be found in the internet.


Consider also a different (but less guided) approach:

Start writing small programs that do things you need to get done,
or that interest you, and then search the internet or ask for
advice on this list when you get stuck.

Gather some experience and then have a look at books about
object-oriented design, more idiomatic Ruby, whatever.

Regards,
Marcus


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