comp.lang.ruby

Nate Imaqaguy

8/8/2006 11:12:00 PM

Woops; nevermind. I just noticed the date of the original post. You're
probably like a pro now.



Nate Imaqaguy wrote:
> I think this is exactly what you're looking for: The Little Book of
> Ruby.
>
> http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Bo...
>
> It's free and comes with code examples. You can read along and open the
> rb files to see how it works, as you go along. It's pretty cool. I
> haven't coded anything for 5 or 6 years since my last few programing
> classes. It helped me a lot. Even with the examples, there's a lot for
> a newb to chew off, so it will still be a challenge.
>
> -nate
>
>
>
>
> RJ Melton wrote:
>> I've been struggling through the pickaxe book for the last week or so,
>> but
>> I'm pretty new to programming and a lot of the
>> ideas are new to me, so I've been having trouble making them stick. As I
>> finish sections or chapters I try to make a
>> script of some sort to use whatever has just been covered, but I usually
>> can't come up with ideas that cover enough
>> different things without being too broad or ambitious. Is there any sort
>> of
>> problem set or something for learning ruby?
>> I'm preferably looking for something online as I already bought the
>> pickaxe
>> book and I'm on what we call the "starving
>> college student" budget. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks.


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