From: chad fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2000-12-27T23:18:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8113] Re: Code examples in the pickaxe book [long]


--- Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> wrote:
> 
> A couple of people have mentioned here that they're
> having problems
> because they're typing in code from the book, and
> some of the code
> fragments aren't self contained.

Personally, I think the fact that the examples aren't
self contained is a good thing.  It helps me resist
the tempation to sit and blindly type example code and
then wonder why it doesn't work after I'm done
(probably due to some typo I've made).  Only including
the fragments encourages development of actual
understanding.  I think you should leave it as an
exercise to the reader to figure out how to piece them
together.  By the end of the book, you've given them
everything they need to know in order to do it.

Folks who don't want to think can purchase a copy of
"Ruby in 24 Hours" or some such. :)


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