<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>I think that's a good idea.<br><br>----- Original Message ----<br>From: Tom Ward <tom@popdog.net><br>To: London Ruby Users Group <chat@lists.lrug.org><br>Sent: Wednesday, 17 May, 2006 10:59:55 AM<br>Subject: Re: [LRUG] Topic for Next meeting<br><br><div>There are loads of techniques we take for granted in ruby that must<br>seem strange to those just learning the language. Many of these are<br>hard to grasp just from reading the pickaxe or other books. I'm sure<br>there are also tricks that even experienced rubyists wont have seen (I<br>don't know them yet, I'll try and research some).<br><br>I'd be happy to show and explain some common ruby idioms, right from<br>the very basic (e.g. loop iteration) to the more
complex. Hopefully<br>this would serve as a good introduction to the ruby way of thinking<br>for beginners, while experts should get something out of it too,<br>particularly if we discuss as we go along. What do people think?<br><br>Tom<br><br>On 5/17/06, Tiest Vilee <ruby@tiestvilee.fastmail.com.au> wrote:<br>> Hey everyone,<br>> We should start thinking about what we want to do for the next meeting<br>> (scheduled for the 12th of June).<br>> Does anyone have something they'd like to talk about?<br>> Also, there seemed to be quite a few people with limited Ruby<br>> experience, do some people want a bit of an intro or something?<br>> It was also proposed that we could do a 'tutorial' style thing with<br>> people doing some coding during the meeting, or even a 'hack night'<br>> where we get together and see what we can hack up in a few hours.<br>><br>> So, what do you guys think/want.<br>><br>>
Tiest<br>><br>> (Oh, and Alec, sorry for not saying goodbye on Monday night, my curfew<br>> was close so I had to rush home)<br>> -----------------------------------------------<br>> And on the pedestal these words appear:<br>> "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:<br>> Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"<br>> Nothing beside remains: round the decay<br>> Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,<br>> The lone and level sands stretch far away.<br>> -- Shelley<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> chat mailing list<br>> chat@lists.lrug.org<br>> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><br>><br><br><br>-- <br>email : tom at popdog.net<br>_______________________________________________<br>chat mailing list<br>chat@lists.lrug.org<br><a target="_blank"
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