[LRUG] It begins!

[Peter Jones]

--- Eran Ben Shabbat <eranbens at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> ..I have figured out that if I really want to learn 

> something there is nothing like dive in
> and start developing something from scratch instead
> of following all the samples in books.

I agree that actually building something (in Rails)
can be a better way for beginners to learn, instead of
learning lots of theory and hoping it will cover what
is needed when actually building it.

> So, my question is :
> 
> Would any of you guys would be interested creating a
> new application together ?

An alternative would be for the Rails beginners to
start building their applications using some of the
getting started books, and get as far as they can
before they get stuck. Then if we bring in our
applications and go through them in a small beginners
group with an experienced rails person, we could
explain to each other what we have been building
(which may be educational in its own right) and then
the the expert could explain how to handle the problem
encountered.

The big problem I have been facing is that as a
relative beginner, working on my own, it is very
difficult to make progress once I get stuck. I would
jump at the chance to explain to a group of beginners
what I have been doing and then have an experienced
person comment on it so that I and other beginners can
learn from their experience.



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