From: JamesBritt <james@...>
Date: 2002-12-06T13:14:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Document

> To go from never having programmed, to a full understanding of
> everything in the Pickaxe book, would require more than you could get
> from a couple of introductory chapters added to the book.  However...
> the idea of having first-time programmer books that use Ruby is a good
> one.  I believe there's at least one such book among the 23 Japanese
> books on Ruby, and I know there's been discussion of doing such a
> thing in English (as well as related things, like a book along those
> lines specifically targeted at children), but I'm not sure who's
> working on what right now.

I've been working on a beginning Ruby book that tries not to make too many
assumptions other than at least a working knowledge of basic programming
concepts (i.e., the reader should know what a loop is, or what an array is).
There is a fair amount of space devoted to  explaining OO programming and
design concepts.

Unfortunately, the market for Ruby books appears rather poor, or at least
poor enough to put the future of my book in jeopardy.


James Britt


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