[LRUG] London Ruby Dojo (and DoJunior!)

[Swathi Kantharaja]

Thanks for the Ruby code Dojo. It was fun. Looking forward for further
meets. :-)

-Swathi



2012/1/25 Andrew Chaa <andrew.chaa at yahoo.co.uk>

> No problem. "Interactive book" sounds interesting. I will let you know how
> it goes with me.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 25 Jan 2012, at 08:00 AM, Sidu Ponnappa <ckponnappa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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