On 9 March 2012 18:06, Steve Klabnik <[email protected]> wrote: >> Scaffolds are a boon to someone trying to work it out for themselves >> and they provide the instant gratification Wow factor that lets them >> get something up and running like magic. They did exactly that for >> me. > > This doesn't address the fact that scaffolds teach the learner > incorrect things.
I don't think it teaches them incorrect things, it fails to teach many things but what it does teach is ok. Can you give an example of an incorrect thing that it teaches? > Even if it's instant, it's still ultimately bad. > Furthermore, since they shouldn't use them when they get more advanced > either, it leads them down the long path, and 'running like magic' > means that you didn't really learn anything anyway. I think I learned a lot from scaffolding when I was first trying to work out what rails was all about. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
