<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>Hi Jay,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I came from a similar route plus 370 Assembler, C, Delphi, Pascal, etc. I then worked for several years as a DBA too. The best option I found to get back into development was to use a bootcamp. The one I decided on was WeGotCoders (<a href="http://wegotcoders.com/" class="">http://wegotcoders.com/</a>). They went through everything from HTML and the DOM, through javascript and frameworks, right into writing Rails apps (and even Gems). They then also placed me with a client. This did mean that I dropped back to junior level, but am loving the change!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you want to go the self-study route I would recommend learning Ruby before you tackle Rails and full stack development. Getting to know a javascript framework would also be a good idea. To this end there are a lot of courses available. I used Lynda (<a href="http://www.lynda.com" class="">http://www.lynda.com</a>) and others that I just googled for. I then also found a really good SAAS MOOC course on EdX through UC Berkley (<a href="https://www.edx.org/course/engineering-software-service-uc-berkeleyx-cs169-1x" class="">https://www.edx.org/course/engineering-software-service-uc-berkeleyx-cs169-1x</a> and the follow on of cs169.2). Maybe diving into the more intense books after the basics would make more sense. It did for me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good luck!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jun 2015, at 12:38, Jay Greasley <<a href="mailto:jaygreasley@gmail.com" class="">jaygreasley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm a bit of a dinosaur, having started with COBOL through Visual Basic 3, classic asp and then onto the <a href="http://asp.net/" class="">asp.net</a> stack.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">But, I'm really interested in moving over to using Ruby.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I supported an old Rails 2.3 app a couple of years ago and liked the syntax and flexibilty.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have a new work opportunity where Ruby appears to be a good candidate for the product.<br class="">Has anyone else made a similar move?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My main question is what one book would you recommend to start with.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Is it the Pickaxe book? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm sure it'll take a while to change mindset to appreciate metaprogramming etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All responses are much appreciated</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jay</div></div>
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