Comments on: ScreenSteps Live: A Case Study on Ruby on Rails – Part 2 – Figuring Out the Code http://www.bluemangolearning.com/blog/2008/10/screensteps-live-a-case-study-on-ruby-on-rails-part-2-figuring-out-the-code/ A blog about visual communication Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:32:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TL http://www.bluemangolearning.com/blog/2008/10/screensteps-live-a-case-study-on-ruby-on-rails-part-2-figuring-out-the-code/comment-page-1/#comment-306 TL Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:30:39 +0000 http://bluemangolearning.com/blog/?p=108#comment-306 <p>Oh and one more thing...I concur that Safari Books Online is one of the best resources. I strongly, strongly recommend it!</p> Oh and one more thing…I concur that Safari Books Online is one of the best resources. I strongly, strongly recommend it!

]]> By: TL http://www.bluemangolearning.com/blog/2008/10/screensteps-live-a-case-study-on-ruby-on-rails-part-2-figuring-out-the-code/comment-page-1/#comment-305 TL Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:29:28 +0000 http://bluemangolearning.com/blog/?p=108#comment-305 <p>Greg,</p> <p>Hey there Greg...TL here...sorry it took me so long to return. :-) I wasn't sure if the blog was live but I see you actually posted a reply just days after my comments. Thanks for the update. I am a ScreenSteps Pro user so I was returning today for the latest info and updates with you guys.</p> <p>I'm following your story with great interest as I'm a newbie Ruby user with several months of scripting ruby as a skills honing exercise and I have a eye for two things...building rails apps and also learning Objective-C (by way of C) and Cocoa to build mac/iphone/ipod touch apps. Pretty ambitious I know.</p> <p>You story inspires me as I hadn't started out with a background in programming at all so it's been lots of books over the years and trying to find a language that was fun and easy to use and also would help me learn programming. I tried C++, VisualBasic, VBscript, BASIC and some others in the past. I thought Perl was it as I sort of liked it though it seems a bit challenging at times but when Ruby came along and I got a Mac (for better productivity in my work and programming practices) I really was able to make good ground. This has been over the past 11 months or so now. IRB has been my biggest motivator as it allows me to really test and see how code works and runs. IRB has really, really help me conceptualize and internal programming concepts in addition to language specifics. Once concepts become clear...all other languages boil down to level of interest, personal discipline and language specific implementation of standard concepts of loops, etc.</p> <p>Working with Ruby over the past 11 months or so has helped me understand some programming basics and has empowered me to move out into more challenging territory. I'm now able to understand and do the most basic programming in C, Java, Applescript and of course Ruby. I'm a full time IT (non-programming work) guy so time is limited for building my programming skills but that is what I really like doing so becoming proficient is only an issue of time and discipline. That I understand basic programming principles enough to pick up the most basic skills in a new language in very little time is a testament to Ruby as fun and powerful language to learn from and use. </p> <p>The other languages are really my self-directed challenge into testing my mental discipline and desire to really learn programming in more than one language. Ruby is my favorite and Rails, JRuby and RubyCocoa are all of future interest to me.</p> <p>Thanks for the updates and I'm now following with great interest.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>TL</p> Greg,

Hey there Greg…TL here…sorry it took me so long to return. :-) I wasn’t sure if the blog was live but I see you actually posted a reply just days after my comments. Thanks for the update. I am a ScreenSteps Pro user so I was returning today for the latest info and updates with you guys.

I’m following your story with great interest as I’m a newbie Ruby user with several months of scripting ruby as a skills honing exercise and I have a eye for two things…building rails apps and also learning Objective-C (by way of C) and Cocoa to build mac/iphone/ipod touch apps. Pretty ambitious I know.

You story inspires me as I hadn’t started out with a background in programming at all so it’s been lots of books over the years and trying to find a language that was fun and easy to use and also would help me learn programming. I tried C++, VisualBasic, VBscript, BASIC and some others in the past. I thought Perl was it as I sort of liked it though it seems a bit challenging at times but when Ruby came along and I got a Mac (for better productivity in my work and programming practices) I really was able to make good ground. This has been over the past 11 months or so now. IRB has been my biggest motivator as it allows me to really test and see how code works and runs. IRB has really, really help me conceptualize and internal programming concepts in addition to language specifics. Once concepts become clear…all other languages boil down to level of interest, personal discipline and language specific implementation of standard concepts of loops, etc.

Working with Ruby over the past 11 months or so has helped me understand some programming basics and has empowered me to move out into more challenging territory. I’m now able to understand and do the most basic programming in C, Java, Applescript and of course Ruby. I’m a full time IT (non-programming work) guy so time is limited for building my programming skills but that is what I really like doing so becoming proficient is only an issue of time and discipline. That I understand basic programming principles enough to pick up the most basic skills in a new language in very little time is a testament to Ruby as fun and powerful language to learn from and use.

The other languages are really my self-directed challenge into testing my mental discipline and desire to really learn programming in more than one language. Ruby is my favorite and Rails, JRuby and RubyCocoa are all of future interest to me.

Thanks for the updates and I’m now following with great interest.

Regards,

TL

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