[LRUG] London Ruby Dojo (and DoJunior!)

[Sidu Ponnappa]

Hi Andrew,

I'd love to have your feedback on our interactive book, "The Ruby
Primer,"[1] because it's targeted at folks like you that are already
experienced programmers and are looking to learn Ruby. The book is
both free and openly editable on Github[2] like any open source
project via pull requests, so if you feel something should be done
differently, just send us a pull request.

We're also planning to write "The Ruby Initiate" fairly soon, which
will be a interactive book for non-programmers looking to learn
programming through Ruby, and am very interested in what everyone
thinks are good topics for such a book.

Regards,
Sidu Ponnappa.
http://c42.in
http://sidu.in

[1] http://rubymonk.com
[2] https://github.com/c42/ruby_primer

On 24 January 2012 22:59, Andrew Chaa <andrew.chaa at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi, guys.
>
> My name is Andrew and I use C# everyday at work, but got recently fascinated
> by Ruby and Rails.
> I finished Ruby Koans, and now am learning Rails by following the Pragmatic
> Bookshelf's "Agile Web Development with Rails"
>
> As I am new to Ruby, I believe this will be a fantastic opportunity for me
> to get really into Ruby and am looking forward to it.
>
> Many thanks Sidekick Studios for this.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andrew
>
> ________________________________
> From: Alistair Roche <alistair at sidekickstudios.net>
> To: chat at lists.lrug.org
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 10:22
> Subject: [LRUG] London Ruby Dojo (and DoJunior!)
>
> Hello Rubyists!
>
> We’re hosting a Ruby Coding Dojo at our studio (
> http://sidekickstudios.net ) in Old Street every Thursday at 6pm,
> starting from the 26th. We’ll pick a challenge, and then split into
> teams and try to come up with interesting solutions. Afterwards we’ll
> compare, contrast and review. And go to the pub.
>
> Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a Ruby novice or expert, and the
> beer is most definitely on us. It’ll be fun, and you’ll keep your
> brain sharp.
>
> At the same time, we’ll be running DoJunior, where kids pair up with
> developers and build awesome web apps. The world needs more coders,
> and our schools aren’t teaching the real stuff. We’re working with
> local youth organisations to make sure we reach kids who wouldn’t
> otherwise have the funds, contacts or confidence to get this
> opportunity.
>
> Anyone who wants to help mentor and teach the next generation of
> hackers should get in touch with us, or just rock up to our studio
> Thursday at 6pm.
>
> There won't be any kids this week, just the dojo and a chance for
> anyone interested in DoJunior to find out more and get involved.
>
> We’re right next to Old Street Station:
>
> Sidekick Studios
> Third Floor, Fergusson House, 124-128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NJ
> http://g.co/maps/b7ena
>
> Can’t wait to hear from you or see you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alistair (resident geek) and Lara (community manager) @ Sidekick Studios
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