Just a question to throw out there

ruby-talk
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Yah I've got Why's guide bookmarked. I really enjoy his style of writing and his little cartoons are pretty darn funny.

The only problem i see is that it's kind of distracting when he goes into his stories and what not. But otherwise a very good source.

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Email: Shyguyfrenzy@gmail.com
(That's a mario reference.)

You sing a new song, unsung.

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Raju Gandhi" <raju.gandhi@gmail.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Just a question to throw out there...

Hey!!!

Another good book to work with Ruby is *Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
*<http://poignantguide.net/ruby/&gt;

I found this book to be both fun and useful. Of course in my opinion the
Pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is one of the best books for Ruby (and maybe
even on programming) out there...

Again, Good luck...

On 11/2/06, ChrisH <chris.hulan@gmail.com> wrote:

Skotty wrote:
> Yah David,
>
> Maybe it's just my own lack of comprehension I just don't know why none
of
> this is sticking. I've been dabbling with Ruby for a good month now and
only
> know the very basics.
>
...

Have a look at this research paper
(http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf\).
It offers to explain why some people take to programming like a
fish to water, and others seem to never get the hang of it.
Maybe it will help you decide where you sit.

In any case, keep plugging at it. I hear the Chris Pine's 'Learn to
Program' is good, and you can also look at 'Programming Ruby'
(first edition is included with Ruby and available online [I like this
version http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/\])

Have a look at the Ruby Quiz (http://rubyquiz.com/\), lots of good
relatively short and idiomatic Ruby code.

cheers
Chris

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Yes, Ruby makes implementing turtle graphics both easy and fun. It just so happens that I started working on a Ruby/Tk turtle graphics package today.

I think it would make a great quiz, but I also think it would violate your less-than-two-hour-to-implement rule. Although it involves nothing difficult, there are lots of details to be attended to. Maybe, it's just because I'm slow, but I expect I'll have four or five hours in it before my turtle draws it first square on a Tk canvas.

Regards, Morton

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On Nov 2, 2006, at 4:20 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

On Nov 2, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Tim Pease wrote:

I learned programming as a kid with Logo and its turtle graphics.

Me too. I've thought of doing a subset of a Logo implementation as a Ruby Quiz. It's not too tough and pretty darn fun.

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Well we could always do it as a multi-part quiz. I was also referring to a *very* small subset.

James Edward Gray II

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On Nov 2, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Morton Goldberg wrote:

I think it would make a great quiz, but I also think it would violate your less-than-two-hour-to-implement rule.