[LRUG] It begins!

Wed Apr 18 01:42:25 PDT 2007

Chris' Pine's tutes have been really useful for when I was trying to
learn earlier last year.

Why The Lucky Stiff's interactive ruby tutorial is a worth a look and
takes about 15-20 mins to muddle through.

Very useful if you forget to read up before the next sesh, and decide
to pop along as a beginner in Ruby..

http://tryruby.hobix.com/

C

On 18/04/07, Simon Tokumine <simon at japancentre.com> wrote:
> 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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