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only 1 question about RUBY from newbie

arnuld

1/16/2006 10:27:00 AM

5 Answers

Edwin van Leeuwen

1/16/2006 10:51:00 AM

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The first edition of the book is available for free here:
http://www.rubycentral...
So I suggest you to just try it.

Judging from your skill level I don't think you should have much/any
problem getting started on ruby. And if you really like ruby then it
will probably be even easier :)

Edwin

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Michael Ulm

1/16/2006 11:05:00 AM

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arnuld fraser wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> my name is "arnuld". I have only a very small question regarding RUBY. I am
> asking since i am not mature programmer. I will be as brief as i can in
> explaning my problem.here is my MAIN-question:
>
> -- Can a newbie understand the RUBY when everyone knows RUBY is the PURE
> Object-Oriented-language? --
--big snip--
> Now you have seen my mental-level on how much i understand things, how much
> i do not & either death or Open-Source. Now this time after i will finish
> HTDP i want to go again differently (pragmatic), that is the first reason of
> choosing RUBY. 2nd is "love", same as i have with programming. at the time
> when whole world is drowning into PYTHON & C, i don't know why but RUBY is
> attracting me like a magnet attracts iron. I do not even know one language
> completely but still I am not able to stop my dreams which contain RUBY
> syntax.
--more snip--
>
> 1.) A person with little programming knowledge can not learn RUBY?

No worries. Ruby (not RUBY btw.) is IMO very well suited for a beginner.
If Ruby somehow resonates with the way you think, as seems to be the
case, then I would consider it your best choice.

>
> 1.) Does he need to be such an experienced-object-oriented-programmer to
> understand RUBY?
--snip again--

I am teaching my 9 year old daughter programming using Ruby. I don't teach
much theory (basically it's just: everything is an object, and you can send
messsages to it). So far, she managed her first toy projects just fine.
The understanding of the underlying concepts will come with experience.

My advice is, not to wait for any book to arrive (it certainly helps to
have a book by your side, but it is not necessary), but use the available
online resources for now (including this list). Start on your first simple
projects. Get experience. Enjoy yourself.

HTH,

Michael


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Chris Pine

1/16/2006 4:16:00 PM

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> 2.) If it is true then why CHRIS-PINE wrote an introduction to programming
> using RUBY?

"Programming Ruby" assumes you are already a programmer. If you have
not done (much) programming before, it's probably a bit too hard.

I though it would be nice to have a book for people who want to learn
to program, but who aren't yet ready for "Programming Ruby". So I
wrote one. :)

Cheers,

Chris

Bryan W.

1/18/2006 3:47:00 AM

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I'm a newbie too.
I've hacked around with PHP a bit but 'til Ruby I'd never really
understood OO programming.

I've worked through the Agile Web Development with Rails, I acquired
some knowledge, but seemed to be missing a full understanding of how it
worked together.

I worked though Chris Pine's Learn to Program and I can't recommend it
highly enough.
http://pine.fm/Learn...
** I bought the new hard copy too, but the above tutorial is fantastic.

It really filled in the missing pieces. I think you mentioned it above
but you did not mention if you had worked through it.

One thing I noticed when I read your original email was that you seemed
to be doing a lot of 'reading' of programming books. I'm not sure that
that is enough to acquire the skill of programming any more than reading
a book about guitar will give you the skill of a musician. You have to
do the work to get the skills.

You seem to like Ruby, so stick with it and be sure to do the exercises
in Chris Pine's tutorial.

Remember to have fun,
B



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arnuld

1/18/2006 9:29:00 AM

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>
> a book about guitar will give you the skill of a musician. You have to
> do the work to get the skills.
>
> You seem to like Ruby, so stick with it and be sure to do the exercises
> in Chris Pine's tutorial.
>
> Remember to have fun,
> B
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-....
>
>

Hey B,

thanks a lot for your time. you did provide some
important information.In the last I got your "guitar-point".

One final thing i want to know, not about Ruby.

I want to know whether real-life projects prefer scheme over LISP or not?

thanks

"arnuld"