Thanks for the last little tidbit. I too agree programmers can be creatives and creatives can definitely be programmers! I'm glad you agree.
On Jan 29, 4:31 pm, Warren Henning <[email protected]> wrote: > The first thing to realize is that you can starting writing apps that > create value pretty quickly after you have some basic skills, but if > you really want to take it all the way it will take you years of > ongoing practice and study. It's an iterative process of learning, > doing, and reflecting. It's a marathon, not a sprint. > > I'd recommend "Learn to Program", too (it was the first book I thought > of before reading his response). > > I think attending user groups fairly early on would be helpful for > motivation because it will show you what will soon be well within your > grasp. > > Finally, put any lingering doubts you may have about > designers/creative/non-developers not being able to learn to develop > quality software out of your head. That's obsolete nonsense. There > are lots of people in the Ruby community who do both design and > programming well. > > 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
