[LRUG] It begins!

[Jeff Van Campen]

Hi,

I didn't get a chance to attend the first meeting, but I thought I'd
jump in here, introduce myself, and answer Suw's question.

> 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'm the first type of beginner.  I have a background in PHP/Perl, but
have done a few simple sysadmin scripts in Ruby.  I've also been
experimenting with RoR when I have the time, and would like to get up
to speed as quickly as possible.  In the short amount of time I've
spent with Rails, I've already fallen deeply in love.  I have a few
upcoming projects that I would love to use it on.

> 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.

The topics suggested (blocks / procs and routing in rails) are a bit
above my current level, but I would love to see a presentation on
them, as long as the presentation started from first principles.

Anyway, that's my 2p.  I'll definitely be trying to make it to the
next meetup.  It sounds like you guys had a great time!

-jeff

> 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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