From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-03T10:30:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Book for People Who Aren't (Yet) Programmers

From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>


> > I heard a little while back that there might be a Ruby book in the works
for
> > people who don't (yet) program.  Anyone know who is working on this?
>
> If anyone is working on this I would be very interested as well.
>
> I am actually thinking of trying to make a tutorial for precisely this
> purpose.  I'm just getting started, so there's nothing really there yet.
> But you can look at what I here:
>
> www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/index.html
>

I just had a quick look and I'm very impressed.  Even if you just completed the
sections (the array and hash pages are actually non-existent at the moment) it
would be a great tutorial.  As far as I know, there's nothing out there quite
like it, and the time is definitely right for a Ruby tutorial.

Remeber, there's no need to make it "complete" - it's pitched at beginners and
there is already a perfect complete online book.  So there's no need to feel
like you need to do heaps of work to get this one done.

I'll give greater feedback when I get some time (hopefully today).

Cheers,
Gavin