Hey David, The best way to learn is to start with this awesome book: http://bit.ly/aDc7F9 Then start hacking on Rails with: http://bit.ly/9xQpNu
Don't hesitate to ask questions on the ML, that's what it's for. Good luck, - Matt On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:10 PM, David Nguyen <[email protected]>wrote: > I love design (digital and print) and I've taught myself website > design (HTML, CSS...) focused on utilizing Wordpress and the Thematic > framework (I haven't come up with a design/function these two can't > accomplish). > > But real-deal programming scares me...so I wanna learn! There's so > many web apps I want to build, but have no idea where to start. > > I think the best way for me to learn is to submerse myself in the > cohort. Am I able to join your meetings and observe or will it be so > far over my head it would be ridiculous and laughable? > > I know simple PHP and can figure out most of it with some time, but I > feel Ruby is the direction of web development and cloud computing I > should focus towards. > > > > Thanks for your time and advice, > > David N. > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
