Ok, here´s the picture:
I know absolutely nothing about programming, but lots of time and will to
learn, and I want to learn ruby to use that new ruby console in my favourite
piece of software…
Where do I start? Which should be the steps? Is it a feasible task? Am I
dreaming??
Any help would be appreciated
Frunobulax
Ok, here´s the picture:
I know absolutely nothing about programming, but lots of time and will to
learn, and I want to learn ruby to use that new ruby console in my favourite
piece of software...
Where do I start? Which should be the steps? Is it a feasible task? Am I
dreaming??Any help would be appreciated
Frunobulax
I think this book would be a good place to start:
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/
/Stefan
Ok, here´s the picture:
I know absolutely nothing about programming, but lots of time and will to
learn, and I want to learn ruby to use that new ruby console in my
favourite
piece of software…
Where do I start? Which should be the steps? Is it a feasible task? Am I
dreaming??Any help would be appreciated
Hello,
you should have a look at:
http://rubycentral.com/book/index.html
If you prefer real books:
http://www.syngress.com/book_catalog/183_ruby/
For a windows installer and various pieces of easy to understand code:
http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net/
regards
Frederic
–
Frédéric de Villamil.
Président Epitanime
Amez vos ennemis; ce n’est pas facile, mais ca va les emmerder.
neuro@seclab.jp http://www.seclab.jp
Ok, here´s the picture:
I know absolutely nothing about programming, but lots of time and will
to
learn, and I want to learn ruby to use that new ruby console in my
favourite
piece of software…
i think ruby would be a great place to learn to program. it is very
forgiving
and you have a very friendly working environment, as opposed to having
to figure out the peculiarities of your C compiler for instance.
Is it a feasible task?
yes
Am I dreaming??
not at all. i learned programming on a very high level language very
similar to ruby
and have since moved on to C, C++ etc…
good luck,
_c
Frunobulax wrote:
Ok, here´s the picture:
I know absolutely nothing about programming, but lots of time and will to
learn, and I want to learn ruby to use that new ruby console in my favourite
piece of software…
Where do I start? Which should be the steps? Is it a feasible task? Am I
dreaming??
No You’re not, is very feasible, I’m “self” taught
-get the interpreter Ruby Programming Language
-get docs →
http://www.ruby-doc.org/ , grab the Ruby documentation Bundle, I
found the Ruby user’s guide as the best start up, 'cos it shows OO
basics(I use to hate OO now…is a very different story)
check also http://poignantguide.net/ruby/
-read’em, try the examples, give’em your very own whirl, try to figure
out how to do something useful to you out of 'em, try little snips.
-have an itch?, try to scratch it with Ruby,(hint don’t try to change
the world in one day,i.e. be ambitious but realist), start having
fun(coding)
-Got trouble? ask
*buy some books
*almost forgot: read the Ruby clr even if some the stuff goes over your
head at first(or even later 
)
The best way to start, at least for me, was by reading a bit, then try
to do something useful out of it, even if it was trivial/simple:
hey how do I find all mp3’s in my HD? verify they are named this way:
artist - songtitle.mp3, save the list to a text file, learn to parse it,
load it to a DB, query the db, add a web front end (simple)…start
simple go adding to it.
Any help would be appreciated
Frunobulax
regards
Adartse
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Ok, here´s the picture:
I know absolutely nothing about programming, but lots of time and will to
learn, and I want to learn ruby to use that new ruby console in my favourite
piece of software…
Where do I start? Which should be the steps? Is it a feasible task? Am I
dreaming??
It’s very feasible. Get Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days by Mark Slagell.
It’s written for newcomers to programming, and it’s much better than it
sounds from the title! Programming Ruby by Dave Thomas and Andrew Hunt,
also known as the pickaxe book, is truly excellent, but it is written for
programmers, and you would be best off learning what is in Slagell’s book
first. After that, you might want to get The Ruby Way by Hal Fulton.
Regards, Oinkoink
ccos ccos@alphalink.com.au escribió en news:C243E8F0-824A-11D8-99A5-
000393722276@alphalink.com.au:
Thanks a lot for your help and guidance. Now that my current project is about
to end, I´ll give it a serious try to see if I can achieve decent results…
Frunobulax
You might want to try my tutorial:
http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/
It assumes no previous programming experience.
Chris