+1. I'd definitely be interested in such a controversial public display of Ruby and the surprises contained therein.
-- Scott On Feb 7, 5:38 pm, Paul Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been spending some time with Ruby Koans recently: > > http://rubykoans.com/ > > It's been enlightening, and I've learned plenty about Ruby on the way that I > either never learnt in the first place or had simply forgotten. > > I'd definitely encourage going through them - as somebody who has been > writing Ruby for 5-6 years, I had my first "surprise" about 15-20 minutes in. > I've actually encouraged one friend (a developer, just not in Ruby), to learn > Ruby from scratch using them. > > If the group wanted, I'd be happy to offer a talk where we go through some of > them - a mixture of the simple but surprising, and some a little more complex > and challenging - perhaps as a short addendum to another talk. I'm not > convinced there is more than 30-40 minutes of material here, because you > know, it's meant to be you reflecting on them, but it could give you a taste > of what to expect and the value of doing them. I could easily squeeze in > something useful in 15 minutes if need be. > > I know it's a bit controversial offering a Ruby talk at NWRUG these days, but > thought I'd offer. :-) > > Also, I've been thinking about how cool it would be to extend these to > libraries, frameworks, etc. as I can't see any existing efforts to do so. > > -- > Paul Robinson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" 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/nwrug-members?hl=en.
