[LRUG] It begins!

[Simon Tokumine]

Hi,

As there is around a month to go, perhaps it would be a good idea to suggest
some required reading (suitable for both groups I think). Something like
Chris Pine's excellent tutorials would be perfect:

<http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00>

That way the people giving the talk know what kind of base knowledge to
expect?


Si

 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: chat-bounces at lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces at lrug.org] On 
>Behalf Of Jeff Van Campen
>Sent: 17 April 2007 23:24
>To: London Ruby Users Group
>Subject: Re: [LRUG] It begins!
>
>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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