I'm sure that this has been covered before, but I'm horrible at doing
searches. I never seem to get the search terms right.
It's often been said that one way to improve upon your programming
skills is to study other people's code. I was wondering there were any
recommendations to some great examples on Rubyforge (or elsewhere) that
would be a good place to start. I am hoping to find some smaller
programs to start with; something I can wrap my brain around and then
start working my way up to larger more complex examples. Programs that
are well documented both in and outside of the code would be great. Mind
you I'm not looking for example to teach me Ruby itself. I am hoping to
expand upon my view on how I approach writing code in general.
Your help and recommendations are greatly appreciated.
Thank you and peaceful journeys.
JT
"Throw enough rocks at something and eventually it will catch fire" -
EES
It's often been said that one way to improve upon your programming
skills is to study other people's code. I was wondering there were any
recommendations to some great examples on Rubyforge (or elsewhere) that
would be a good place to start. I am hoping to find some smaller
programs to start with; something I can wrap my brain around and then
start working my way up to larger more complex examples. Programs that
are well documented both in and outside of the code would be great. Mind
you I'm not looking for example to teach me Ruby itself. I am hoping to
expand upon my view on how I approach writing code in general.
It's often been said that one way to improve upon your
programming skills is to study other people's code. I was
wondering there were any recommendations to some great
examples on Rubyforge (or elsewhere) that would be a good
place to start. I am hoping to find some smaller programs to
start with; something I can wrap my brain around and then
start working my way up to larger more complex examples.
Programs that are well documented both in and outside of the
code would be great. Mind you I'm not looking for example to
teach me Ruby itself. I am hoping to expand upon my view on
how I approach writing code in general.
1) As of right now, there's 76 different coding exercises listed.
2) You get to see how a bunch of different people try to solve the problem
3) You get James's excellent breakdown of at least one of those submitted
solutions
It's been a huge help for me and countless others.
I'm sure that this has been covered before, but I'm horrible at doing
searches. I never seem to get the search terms right.
It's often been said that one way to improve upon your programming
skills is to study other people's code. ...
The best way to improve on your programming skills is a combination of
writing and reading. Use the Ruby Quiz that way - have a go yourself,
before you read and study the summary and other solutions.
Jonathan uUttle wrote:
> It's often been said that one way to improve upon your programming
> skills is to study other people's code. I was wondering there were any
> recommendations to some great examples on Rubyforge (or elsewhere) that
> would be a good place to start. I am hoping to find some smaller
> programs to start with; something I can wrap my brain around and then
> start working my way up to larger more complex examples. Programs that
> are well documented both in and outside of the code would be great. Mind
> you I'm not looking for example to teach me Ruby itself. I am hoping to
> expand upon my view on how I approach writing code in general.
Another good source is sitting on you machine:
.../ruby/lib/ruby/...
Doesn't hurt to get to know the internals of at least a couple of the
libraries. Quite a bit of variety, and many (if not most) are well
documented, or at least commented.
Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
along the lines of complete programs and such.
Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
along the lines of complete programs and such.
Well, it's probably not your average ruby program, but I found this
helpful when I was first learning Ruby.
···
On 4/25/06, Jonathan Tuttle <j.tuttle@4077.mash.org> wrote:
Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
along the lines of complete programs and such.
Thanks again for all of your help
--
be kind whenever possible... it is always possible.
- h.h. the 14th dali lama
Looks and sound interesting though there's not much meat on the site
(unless I've missed a major hyperlink somewhere). It reminds me of
Donald Knuth's "Surreal Numbers" and his Alice and Bill
Bealach
···
On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/25/06, Jonathan Tuttle <j.tuttle@4077.mash.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
> have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
> some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
>
> Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
> along the lines of complete programs and such.
Well, it's probably not your average ruby program, but I found this
helpful when I was first learning Ruby.
Looks and sound interesting though there's not much meat on the site
(unless I've missed a major hyperlink somewhere). It reminds me of
Donald Knuth's "Surreal Numbers" and his Alice and Bill
On 4/26/06, Bealach Na Bo <bealach@gmail.com> wrote:
Bealach
On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/25/06, Jonathan Tuttle <j.tuttle@4077.mash.org> wrote:
> > Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
> > have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
> > some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
> >
> > Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
> > along the lines of complete programs and such.
>
> Well, it's probably not your average ruby program, but I found this
> helpful when I was first learning Ruby.
>
> http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?AppDesignWalkthrough
>
> > Thanks again for all of your help
> >
> > JT
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
>
>
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
Very nice blend of subjects close to my heart - thanks for putting me
on to this site.
Bealach
···
On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/26/06, Bealach Na Bo <bealach@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks and sound interesting though there's not much meat on the site
> (unless I've missed a major hyperlink somewhere). It reminds me of
> Donald Knuth's "Surreal Numbers" and his Alice and Bill
Here's the table of contents for the code overview (it's the
'Development Series' link on the main page): The Maya Project Development
The discussion about Ruby starts in the 2nd chapter "The 2-Body
Problem: Forward Euler, in Ruby" ./ch01.html
> Bealach
>
> On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/25/06, Jonathan Tuttle <j.tuttle@4077.mash.org> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
> > > have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
> > > some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
> > > along the lines of complete programs and such.
> >
> > Well, it's probably not your average ruby program, but I found this
> > helpful when I was first learning Ruby.
> >
> > http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?AppDesignWalkthrough
> >
> > > Thanks again for all of your help
> > >
> > > JT
> > >
> > > --
> > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> > The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
> >
> >
>
>
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
On 4/26/06, Bealach Na Bo <bealach@gmail.com> wrote:
Bealach
On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/06, Bealach Na Bo <bealach@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Looks and sound interesting though there's not much meat on the site
> > (unless I've missed a major hyperlink somewhere). It reminds me of
> > Donald Knuth's "Surreal Numbers" and his Alice and Bill
>
> Here's the table of contents for the code overview (it's the
> 'Development Series' link on the main page):
> The Maya Project Development
>
> The discussion about Ruby starts in the 2nd chapter "The 2-Body
> Problem: Forward Euler, in Ruby"
> ./ch01.html
>
> > Bealach
> >
> > On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 4/25/06, Jonathan Tuttle <j.tuttle@4077.mash.org> wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
> > > > have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
> > > > some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
> > > > along the lines of complete programs and such.
> > >
> > > Well, it's probably not your average ruby program, but I found this
> > > helpful when I was first learning Ruby.
> > >
> > > http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?AppDesignWalkthrough
> > >
> > > > Thanks again for all of your help
> > > >
> > > > JT
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> > > The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
>
>
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
> Bealach
>
> On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/26/06, Bealach Na Bo <bealach@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Looks and sound interesting though there's not much meat on the site
> > > (unless I've missed a major hyperlink somewhere). It reminds me of
> > > Donald Knuth's "Surreal Numbers" and his Alice and Bill
> >
> > Here's the table of contents for the code overview (it's the
> > 'Development Series' link on the main page):
> > The Maya Project Development
> >
> > The discussion about Ruby starts in the 2nd chapter "The 2-Body
> > Problem: Forward Euler, in Ruby"
> > ./ch01.html
> >
> > > Bealach
> > >
> > > On 4/26/06, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 4/25/06, Jonathan Tuttle <j.tuttle@4077.mash.org> wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for the help so far. I was indeed aware of Ruby Quiz already and
> > > > > have been working on some of them. I'm quite often amazed at how simple
> > > > > some of the solutions can be compared to what I've come up with.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions for somethings slighty more complicated? I was thinking
> > > > > along the lines of complete programs and such.
> > > >
> > > > Well, it's probably not your average ruby program, but I found this
> > > > helpful when I was first learning Ruby.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?AppDesignWalkthrough
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks again for all of your help
> > > > >
> > > > > JT
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> > > > The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
> > The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
> >
> >
>
>
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
