[LRUG] Advice for a newbie

[damilola odelola]

Hi Tom,

Open source is also a great way to dive into Ruby, it allows you to show &
develop your skills at the same time. It is a bit difficult to find open
source apps for junior/beginner level but one of the first apps I worked on
was diaspora*: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora

Committing to open source can be a bit intimidating so i'd say another
great way to learn & develop is to get a mentor, someone who is where you
want to be, is willing to teach & is supportive of you.

I hope this helps.

Kindly,
Lola
On 10 Apr 2016 6:22 pm, "Jimmy MG Lim" <mirageglobe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> Practise makes perfect. I also recommend http://poignant.guide/ as a
> guide for general ruby. Although bit of an overkill but selecting a front
> end like angular / react (js) will also go a long way towards full-stack.
>
> orz
>
> Jimmy
>
>
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 at 15:14 Riccardo Tacconi <rtacconi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While developing in Ruby, you will use the terminal a lot, so using a
>> unix terminal (bash or zsh) is useful, this is a simple but good course
>> http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/. I would lear Ruby from here:
>> http://learnrubythehardway.org/ (it is the easiest way not the hardest).
>> From the same author you can learn SQL too. Then you will need to learn
>> HTML and CSS, try https://www.codecademy.com/learn/web. From code
>> academy you can learn Javascript and Ruby too. To be honest you can use
>> JavaScript for the frontend and backend too (nodejs) so you will have to
>> learn just one programming language.
>>
>> You have a bachelor in natural languages, programming (artificial
>> languages) are a bit different, they are something between natural
>> languages and computer hardware. However Ruby is very expressive and you
>> might find it not too difficult to understand. Programming languages like
>> Haskell are coming from Maths (lambda calculus) and the look much more like
>> Mathematics.
>>
>> So if I were you I would learn HTML and CSS, then JavaScript. Then you
>> can decide if you want to learn nodejs (javaScript) or Ruby. Then SQL.
>>
>> I assumed that you want to learn web development.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> On 10 April 2016 at 10:51, Tom Yates <tomy8s at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all and hello,
>>>
>>> I am looking at a career change into the world of programming,
>>> specifically ruby. I was wondering if anyone had some advice for me on:
>>>
>>> 1. How to prepare myself for working in (ruby) programming - i.e. what
>>> are useful things to know/learn beforehand.
>>>
>>> 2. The best places to look for (and hopefully find) a job.
>>>
>>>
>>> A bit about me:
>>>
>>> Whilst working full-time I've been teaching myself ruby, PHP, html 5,
>>> css 3, js and a bit of SQL through watching online courses, mostly at
>>> udemy.com and messing around with the language. I've just started
>>> reading "The Ruby Way" by Hal Fulton. I've uploaded my projects to
>>> github.com/tomy8s (feel free to look!), and I've just started putting
>>> together a mess of a rails app at tomy8s.herokuapp.com . I have a
>>> bachelors degree in languages (French, Spanish and Slovene) - vaguely
>>> related to a degree in ruby, python and C?
>>>
>>> I'd be very grateful for any advice you could give, no matter how
>>> crazy/unusual it sounds.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> And thank you very much if you've read this far! :)
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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