I learned ruby BY learning ruby on rails. it's fun that way. sk
On Sep 4, 4:00 am, Chris Kottom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Should i learn more ruby and get more fluent with it, cos ultimately i will > > be writing ruby in rails. > > or > > Start learning rails with my limited ruby knowledge and learn the rest by > > doing. (learning by doing method). > > Given what you've said, I would begin by working on some basic Rails > applications and picking up essential Ruby concepts that way. Most Rails > applications will only ever use a subset of the language, so you'll quickly > find out which constructions and techniques are common and which are less > used. But because Rails is Ruby, you shouldn't expect that there's a > canonical checklist of Rubyisms that are needed for writing Rails apps. The > knowledge required to build and maintain an app is going to depend on the > application, and as with anything, There's More Than One Way to Do It. > > Recommend the Agile Web Development with Rails book from the Pragmatic > Programmers as a practical way of getting started with Rails development > including the framework, Ruby language, development process, etc. > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Naveen Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > *This is where i stand :* > > > - I learnt programming on my own by learning Python ( intermediate ). > > - I have no programming experience. > > - I only know the basic programming concepts (OOPs, metaprogramming, > > testing etc.) in both ruby and python. > > - I only wish to do web development stuff and NO hardcore programming > > stuff. > > > *What now ?* > > > Should i learn more ruby and get more fluent with it, cos ultimately i will > > be writing ruby in rails. > > or > > Start learning rails with my limited ruby knowledge and learn the rest by > > doing. (learning by doing method). > > > OPTIONAL: > > Also it will be of great help to me and other newbies if someone could post > > the list of minimum ruby concepts (loops,symbols,oops etc) that one should > > know before learning Rails. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/zy7lmt4bg34J. > > 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. -- 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.
