[LRUG] It begins!

[Suw Charman]

I guess one thing to ascertain is what type of beginners we have? As I
see it, there are two types:

- developers who know another language and want to now learn Ruby/RoR
- people who don't know any languages and are starting with Ruby/RoR

I think they'd need different approaches. For example, the subjects
you've suggested are already too advanced for me but probably aren't
for others. I could do with a really basic introduction, but that
might be too ground-level for others.

Suw

On 4/17/07, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:
> As mentioned on the other thread, and at the meeting last night, there's
> quite a bit of support for a beginners session for Ruby or Rails (or both).
> I think a beginners session would be quite nice for next months meeting
> (14th May) to give a little back to everyone confused by the fairly complex
> discussions we've had at the last couple of meetings.
>
> What would people be interested in covering in a beginners session?
> Obviously a beginner session could cover all manner of stuff, but maybe a
> more focused session, covering a couple of topics in detail would be more
> useful.  We could even split the group into 3 or 4 mini groups that cover
> something different each.  I don't know what would work best or what people
> would prefer.
>
> So, "beginners", tell the list what you'd be particularly interested in
> hearing about and maybe some of us "begunners" can reply with either a bit
> more info for you to help you straight away, or offers to lead a mini group
> in exploring that facet of ruby.
>
> For example, two things from the meeting last night that could be considered
> for a beginner session might be:
>
> 1. Blocks, Procs, binding and such-like (from the discussion after Paolo's
> talk last night, although this discussion might be going on in the other
> thread as I type this)
>
> 2. Routing in Rails (sort of from the end of the discussion about REST last
> night, cover the basics like map.connect, map.resource, but also the weird
> bits like regexp conditions or /* )
>
> Anyway, don't be shy, let us know what you want (even if that is
> "everything"), and we'll do our best to cover it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Muz
>
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