I've been working with computers since 1970, and I haven't been
sticking with a single language, tool set, etc. So, I've had a
number of opportunities to be a newby. (The only folks who are
never newbies are the ones who never try anything new. :-)
My take, FWIW, is as follows:
* Different resources help folks to learn in different ways.
Reading a book is very different from watching a screencast.
Both are different from reading and/or writing code. I use
ALL of these techniques (rinse, repeat :-) as I progress.
* There is NO substitute for getting your hands into the code.
I know; it's scary. But at some point, you have to jump on
the bicycle, fall off, and try again. Accept your scrapes
and bruises as badges of honor.
* Merb is currently a moving target, though the 1.0 "line in
the sand" will be an enormous help. Expect rapid changes
over (at least) the coming year. Expect Merbists to find
and/or build several new plugins, slices, tools, etc.
I'm pretty comfortable (though not all that happy :-) with Rails,
so my approach has been to compare Merb to Rails. What parts are
different? How does this affect the way I'd do things. Etc.
Finally, I try not to get too upset by either nattering newbies
or gratuitous grumps. I play both roles myself, at times, so
I'd best be tolerant of the behavior in others.
-r
--
http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin
http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841
Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"merb" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
