#> However, before you all rush to sign up, there's a catch. I'm
#> really looking for folks who are the book's target audience: folks
#> with little or no programming experience who want to learn how to
#> code. They'll probably be from mid teens on up, curious, and happy
#> to give honest feedback as they go through the book.
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Dave Thomas [mailto:dave@pragprog.com] wrote:
#
#Oh, one more thing just occurred to me. If you're nominating someone
#under 13, please don't have them e-mail me directly. Instead, I'll
#need a parent or guardian to make the introduction.
fwiw, i myself have a kid whom i want to learn ruby. He is 13 and loves to do html stuff mainly because he can see graphic results immediately, in other words, he loves to show his stuff to his classmates and friends. These kids are very restless, and i have come to the point of surrender and to wait till they "grow" up.
So my q: does the book also cater/target to these type of kids? If yes, i'm willing to participate (btw, how much is the book?).
Thanks always and kind regards -botp
#Dave
#
#
You can find Dave (?) Pine's Ruby book online (Google those words). It's very readable, and kid-friendly. Heck, I even learned from it, and I'm waaaay past "kid". -t.
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On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:19:00 -0700, Peña, Botp <botp@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:
Dave Thomas [mailto:dave@pragprog.com] wrote:
#> However, before you all rush to sign up, there's a catch. I'm
#> really looking for folks who are the book's target audience: folks
#> with little or no programming experience who want to learn how to
#> code. They'll probably be from mid teens on up, curious, and happy
#> to give honest feedback as they go through the book.
#
#Oh, one more thing just occurred to me. If you're nominating someone
#under 13, please don't have them e-mail me directly. Instead, I'll
#need a parent or guardian to make the introduction.
fwiw, i myself have a kid whom i want to learn ruby. He is 13 and loves to do html stuff mainly because he can see graphic results immediately, in other words, he loves to show his stuff to his classmates and friends. These kids are very restless, and i have come to the point of surrender and to wait till they "grow" up.
So my q: does the book also cater/target to these type of kids? If yes, i'm willing to participate (btw, how much is the book?).
Thanks always and kind regards -botp
#Dave
#
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Very sorry! I responded to this right away, but from the wrong email
address, so ruby-talk didn't post it and sent me an email telling me
so... but my spam filter grabbed that one...
anyway, what I said was:
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On 10/5/05, Peña, Botp <botp@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:
So my q: does the book also cater/target to these type of kids?
If yes, i'm willing to participate
It doesn't specifically cater to kids/teens, though they were
definitely in mind as I was writing this book. There are lots of
example programs (most of them short) and managable exercises, so it's
very much a "hands on" style of learning.
(btw, how much is the book?).
You'd think I would know... but I don't. (You see, I don't think I
have to pay for a copy!)
Chris
Is this it?
Learn to Program, by Chris Pine
-r
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At 2:26 PM +0900 10/5/05, Tom Cloyd wrote:
You can find Dave (?) Pine's Ruby book online (Google those words).
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i'll be willing to review it,
Ruby is my first actual programming language (apart from some BASIC
languages) and i really enjoyed reading Programming Ruby and Why The Lucky
Stiff.. whatever that was called (very enjoyable :P)
i'm 16 y/o.
greetings, Dirk.
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2005/10/5, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>:
At 2:26 PM +0900 10/5/05, Tom Cloyd wrote:
>You can find Dave (?) Pine's Ruby book online (Google those words).
Is this it?
Learn to Program, by Chris Pine
-r
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Chris Pine? He's the guy Dave (T) is talking about
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On 05/10/05, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@bestmindhealth.com> wrote:
You can find Dave (?) Pine's Ruby book online (Google those words). It's
very readable, and kid-friendly. Heck, I even learned from it, and I'm
waaaay past "kid". -t.
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>You can find Dave (?) Pine's Ruby book online (Google those words).
Chris Pine. (Though David is my middle name... I have *no* idea how
you would know that.)
Is this it?
Learn to Program, by Chris Pine
That is my tutorial, which will remain online, but it is not an
"online version" of the book. They do share material, but the book is
longer, covers more, goes more in-depth on the tougher sections (based
on feedback from the tutorial)... and is just better written! (If not
now, then it will be after it gets past the reviewers.
Cheers,
Chris
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On 10/5/05, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
At 2:26 PM +0900 10/5/05, Tom Cloyd wrote: