I like to create a tool. My first ruby tool was a little time keeper
app. Just make something that would be of use to you.
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From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@castlebranch.com>
Subject: Re: program writing
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:50:40 -0400
On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 23:45 +0900, Pistos Christou wrote:
corey konrad wrote:
> i think i understand the basic syntax of ruby, now what do i do with it?
> I open up my text editor and draw a blank. How do i get ideas and
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> computer language that it would open up a new door of creativity but i
> just have no idea what to do with it.Something I suggest to beginning programmers is to find some existing
project which you really like or admire or find very useful, then find
some tiny aspect about it that you think could use some improvement.
Then open up the source code and tweak it so that it works the way you'd
like.It could be something as trivial as making a textual change, such as
changing the name of a main character in a game.Many open source projects maintain issue/bug trackers to list problems
and feature requests. You could skim them, and maybe find one that
looks simple. After writing (and testing), you could submit a patch,
and help the open source universe.Pistos
Charlie Bowman
http://www.recentrambles.com
Charlie Bowman
Programmer
Castle Branch Inc.