[LRUG] It begins!

[Peter Jones]

Some kind of informal "mentoring" outside the LRUG
monthly meetings is an excellent suggetion as far as
I'm concerned.

I have always decided against posting questions on
this list as I don't feel it would be appropriate.
What would we need to do to start this off?

--- James Adam <james.adam at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it's worth bearing in mind that we don't
> have to squeeze all
> of this, along with other discussions and talks,
> into the single LRUG
> meeting that we currently hold. There's no reason
> why we can't
> coordinate some other gatherings, perhaps mid-month,
> where there's
> less time pressure and the environment is more
> amenable to coding and
> learning.
> 
> Also, since learning in a group can sometimes be
> tricky (sometimes you
> don't learn as fast as you're capable), I would've
> be averse to
> putting together some informal kind of "mentoring";
> I'd certainly be
> happy to have a look at someone's project - either
> in person or
> corresponding via IM/email - to give them a few
> nudges in the right
> direction. We can provide SVN at LRUG.org to
> facilitate collaboration
> in this respect, too.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
> On 4/18/07, Suw Charman <suw.charman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I like this idea too, but I fear I am too much of
> a novice, even for
> > this! But perhaps if we can settle on some prior
> reading - achievable
> > by next month - and then maybe those of us who
> feel too unsure can
> > just do the basics, and those who have apps where
> they are stuck can
> > get help. I mean, with learning it's always horses
> for courses - what
> > works as a learning method for some people doesn't
> work for others. We
> > just have to ensure we have enough people willing
> to teach!
> >
> >
> > On 4/18/07, Peter Jones <peterbjones at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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