[LRUG] Converting from the dark side

[David Burrows]

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On 2 June 2015 at 12:52, Jay Greasley <jay at firecomputing.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> Thanks. I'm keen to understand Ruby first. I know my way round the mvc
> pattern, if not the Rails specifics. At this stage I don't know if Rails is
> overkill for the project so am aware of keeping a very open mind.
>
> Best
>
> Jay
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:48 PM, James McCarthy <james at lety.co> wrote:
>
>>  Keep in mind that Rails is not Ruby, a lot of people know how to use
>> rails but cannot really do anything else using Ruby.
>>
>> Rails is a great framework for what it does (webapp), have a look at
>> other types of tasks (system administration scripts is something Ruby has
>> taken over from Perl a little).
>>
>> James.
>>
>> On 02/06/15 12:38, Jay Greasley wrote:
>>
>>  Hello all,
>>
>>  I'm a bit of a dinosaur, having started with COBOL through Visual Basic
>> 3, classic asp and then onto the asp.net stack.
>> But, I'm really interested in moving over to using Ruby.
>> I supported an old Rails 2.3 app a couple of years ago and liked the
>> syntax and flexibilty.
>> I have a new work opportunity where Ruby appears to be a good candidate
>> for the product.
>> Has anyone else made a similar move?
>> My main question is what one book would you recommend to start with.
>> Is it the Pickaxe book?
>> I'm sure it'll take a while to change mindset to appreciate
>> metaprogramming etc.
>>
>>  All responses are much appreciated
>>
>>  Best
>>
>>  Jay
>>
>>
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