Any tips on how i could learn Ruby/RoR if i dont know jack bout coding and dont have a helping hand around where i live? Please help :S

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15186

by Latinflava • 19 years ago

1 6 19 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

dawie• 19 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=14675

http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3

I tought myself

npk• 19 years ago

I'm assuming you're young. Please look at other posts, and compare them to your own. You probably don't realize that you're presenting yourself poorly. I say this with good intentions: When I was a 15 year old, I posted a totally inane and off-topic question on sci.crypto about my chemistry project. At least your question is relevant to this group. :)

If I'm right, and you are young, the best thing you can do is to learn a core set of skills, don't worry about RoR yet. Go to the website http://www.drscheme.org/ where you can d/l free software and a free textbook. If you study the book carefully, if you work hard, you will learn a lot.

Latinflava2• 19 years ago

haha sorry bout the post, and im not that young im 19 :s

zaphod• 19 years ago

Being self-taught, I would suggest 3 things.

My first suggestion is to take a course in a programming langauge at a local college. Learning a language, any language, will start you off faster than struggling with it on your own. C# or VB.NET are non-intimidating and taught everywhere as they're the workhorse languages in many microsoft-based IT shops. They're not cool and hackerish, but have the instant gratification of easy GUI building which is helpful to beginners, and you can avoid memory management which is very intimidating to beginners. They're also taught EVERYWHERE so even in East Chucka, someone will have these courses in some format. Appreciation for the finer things (ruby and dynamic languages) is more clear when you've seen how the other half lives. Also, if you learn one of these languages, you can possibly get a QA or support job to pay for more classes. Lisp, Ruby and and Scheme are cool, but won't pay the bills while you learn.

The next thing I'd suggest is to come up with an idea for something you're passionate about creating, and learn the technologies you need to make it as you go. Having a project you're excited about is the difference between being hungry for a technology and choking it down like a cold piece of liver.

And finally, as the other posts mentioned, get the pragmatic programmers book when you're ready to learn ruby. I'd suggest starting with a Ruby course, but I'm not sure they exist on any wide-scale. Remember though, that book is focused on the framework, not the ruby language. Once you know how to code, you'll be all set.

PindaxDotCom• 19 years ago

First, choose the right programming language for the job. Languages are tools not religions as some would have you believe. Then, buy the best book on the language. Do your research, every language has the one "must read" text. Finally, with book in one hand, computer in front of you, and optionally a pot of coffee brewed, get hacking. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Latinflava2• 19 years ago

thank you very much to all for your response extremelly helpful, i have a few manuals and ebooks and gonna get into "hacking", tho right no dont understand a lick, hope it soon will change :D

Any tips on how i could learn Ruby/RoR if i dont know jack bout coding and dont have a helping hand around where i live? Please help :S

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