Newbie question: can I run and learn Ruby on a not so powerful machine?

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can I work on Ruby and RoR on my 1 GB RAM, 1.66 Ghz netbook? OS: Ubuntu

I know basic HTML and CSS. what do I need to know before start to learn
Ruby?

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Yes, absolutely =]

Sam

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On 07/24/2012 12:55 PM, Rezwanur Chy wrote:

can I work on Ruby and RoR on my 1 GB RAM, 1.66 Ghz netbook? OS: Ubuntu

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Hi,

You should determine you want to learn Ruby or Rails. To learn Ruby you
need nothing, it's only a language (with libs) (just like Python,
Smalltalk....)

Regards,

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On Jul 24, 2012 7:57 AM, "Rezwanur Chy" <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

can I work on Ruby and RoR on my 1 GB RAM, 1.66 Ghz netbook? OS: Ubuntu

I know basic HTML and CSS. what do I need to know before start to learn
Ruby?

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thanks for your suggestions Duong Quang Ha.

I know Ruby is a programming language. but I thought in order to learn
Rails and other Ruby frameworks (i.e. Sinatra) it's necessary to learn
Ruby first.

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Thanks Sam :slight_smile:

Duong Quang Ha wrote in post #1069913:

Hi,

You should determine you want to learn Ruby or Rails. To learn Ruby you
need nothing, it's only a language (with libs) (just like Python,
Smalltalk....)

Regards,

Thanks for your reply :slight_smile: My prime intention is to learn Ruby
frameworks. But I think, it's better to start learning Ruby to
understand the frameworks.

Actually the main fact is that I wanna learn Ruby to be a web developer.

Regards,
Rezwan

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Hi,

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On Jul 24, 2012 9:51 AM, "Rezwanur Chy" <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

thanks for your suggestions Duong Quang Ha.

I know Ruby is a programming language. but I thought in order to learn
Rails and other Ruby frameworks (i.e. Sinatra) it's necessary to learn
Ruby first.

Yes, I think it's right way.

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Dear Rezwan,

Thanks for your reply :slight_smile: My prime intention is to learn Ruby
frameworks. But I think, it's better to start learning Ruby to
understand the frameworks.

Ruby is a language, not a framework. There are many framework written using
Ruby and Rails isn't only web framework but the most popular, you can try
Padrino, ... For static site you can try Jekyll.

Actually the main fact is that I wanna learn Ruby to be a web developer.

Ruby community wrote many gems for web developer ex sass, scss, haml ....

Regards,
Rezwan

Regards,

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On Jul 24, 2012 9:23 AM, "Rezwanur Chy" <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote: