From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2002-12-04T11:21:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Book for People Who Aren't (Yet) Programmers

Hi Chris (aka Chris Pine [mailto:nemo@hellotree.com]):

You announced (last Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:39 AM):

> Well, as was requested, I started a wiki page at
> 
>http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?LearningToProgramWithRuby
>
>Perhaps we should move our discussion there?  Definitely feel
> free to reformat and >edit what I wrote there... sorry if 
>it's ugly -- it's my first wiki page.
>
>And of course, add your 2 cents.  At this rate, we'll be millionaires in no
time.  :)

First of all, this is just my humble opinion from a newbie. So pls bear w
me.

Before discussing/mentioning any other operators/methods, introduce the
student first of the assignment (or reference?) op. Here, you'll be
introducing also basic concepts of storage. Maybe, mention that programming
is just a play of storage (or objects in storage).

Then, introduce him the ff two statements:

x = 1
1

Then describe what goes on in first statement (x = 1). This is quite a
hurdle judging fr my experience w teaching my son (a 3rd grader)...

Then describe what goes on in second statement. Note second statement is
syntax error on many common languages...

just a thought. maybe not worth a cent since I may be wrong :-(

>Chris

Best regards,
-botp