Re: [MacRuby-devel] Advice for Total Tyro

2011-10-15 Thread Alex Heaton
I'm a ruby developer learning the cocoa ropes at the moment, so hopefully my thoughts are useful here: Ruby isn't actually a replacement for objective-c. In the sense that you can't get through making an app with just ruby knowledge, it's going to take a lot of working with c too, even if it's jus

Re: [MacRuby-devel] Advice for Total Tyro

2011-10-15 Thread Elliot Temple
On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Bryan Harrison wrote: > Older & Wisers: > > Having done enough web development, network design, and systems > administration for one lifetime, I've decided this winter is a fine time to > leave all that behind and become an applications developer. Wanting to make

[MacRuby-devel] Advice for Total Tyro

2011-10-15 Thread Bryan Harrison
Older & Wisers: Having done enough web development, network design, and systems administration for one lifetime, I've decided this winter is a fine time to leave all that behind and become an applications developer. Wanting to make consumer products and having no interest in Windows, most of t

Re: [MacRuby-devel] Macruby+Cocoa skillswap

2011-10-15 Thread Rich Morin
I think this is a great idea. Given the global nature of the MacRuby community, hackfests aren't too likely (though I have thought about trying one here in the SF Bay Area), but tools such as Skype and GitHub might work very well. -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdmRich Morin http://www.cf

Re: [MacRuby-devel] Macruby+Cocoa skillswap

2011-10-15 Thread Sven A. Schmidt
Hi Alex, I'd be happy to try and help out as time permits. I'm in a similar position as you on the opposite end: I've built some Mac and iOS apps and briefly played with ruby and ruby on rails a few years ago. MacRuby finally made me dive in deeper and learn more about ruby. I'm enjoying it a l

Re: [MacRuby-devel] Macruby+Cocoa skillswap

2011-10-15 Thread Igor Evsukov
Hi Alex, My name is Igor Evsukov, I'm Cocoa and Cocoa-Touch developer and currently develop my new project using a MacRuby. If You have any questions about OS X development, please feel free to ask me. Best, Igor http://igor-on-software.posterous.com ___

[MacRuby-devel] Macruby+Cocoa skillswap

2011-10-15 Thread Alex Heaton
Hi again, I'm wondering if anyone is interested in helping me out with a few cocoa/macruby tasks as I build my first osx application? I'm an experienced rails developer and in return I'd be happy to help out with one of your projects. ___ MacRuby-devel m