Hi all, I aspire to being a Ruby & coding Jedi like James Bond character. In reality I am more like one of the extras in Austin Powers when it comes to programing. I think it is important that before I continue I emphasize exactly how unskilled I am in this area.
I spent a semester coding basic PASCAL in 1997. Around 1992 I could kind of make the most basic of basic programs using DOS Basic. Last week I decided that I wanted to build stuff and do it with code. So I decided to spend the weekend learning. I chose Ruby, downloaded _why's book, watched a few videos on youtube, went through some on line samples and wrote a simple gambling program where you bet, roll a die against the computer and the higher die wins. And I have written most of a rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock program Not brilliant but as it is the first code I've written in 15 years in a language I didn't existed till last week I feel I am making good progress. I intend to spend my dubious free time during the week working on manipulating files and playing with some more functions. Now knowing full well I have a long way to go in Ruby I've decided to jump head first into Ruby on Reals which is where my real interest lies. And here is where I am running into a problem. I have very limited background in computers and most of the documentation around rails, which I am sure is well written, reads to me like gibberish. Not just gibberish mind you but the gibberish of one of thise dying paleontoligical tribes in the Indian ocean whose language has never been translated. So, my very basic and simple question is where do I start? Is there a simple resource that will walk me through my first couple of programs and give me an idea of what comes next. Remember all I know about SQL is it exists, I have no idea of how the parts move and am eager and committed to learning & contributing back, just no idea where to start. I am sure there have been similar posts before but I have searched for a number of hours without finding even the beginings of a study outline that I think would give me the push I need. Thanks, Magooguli -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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-talk?hl=en.
