<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/" target="_blank">http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/</a>. I would lear Ruby from here: <a href="http://learnrubythehardway.org/">http://learnrubythehardway.org/</a> (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 <a href="https://www.codecademy.com/learn/web">https://www.codecademy.com/learn/web</a>. 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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I assumed that you want to learn web development.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck! </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 April 2016 at 10:51, Tom Yates <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomy8s@hotmail.com" target="_blank">tomy8s@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Dear all and hello,<div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><br></div><div>1. How to prepare myself for working in (ruby) programming - i.e. what are useful things to know/learn beforehand.</div><div><br></div><div>2. The best places to look for (and hopefully find) a job.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A bit about me:</div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://udemy.com" target="_blank">udemy.com</a> and messing around with the language. I've just started reading "The Ruby Way" by Hal Fulton. I've uploaded my projects to <a href="http://github.com/tomy8s" target="_blank">github.com/tomy8s</a> (feel free to look!), and I've just started putting together a mess of a rails app at <a href="http://tomy8s.herokuapp.com" target="_blank">tomy8s.herokuapp.com</a> . I have a bachelors degree in languages (French, Spanish and Slovene) - vaguely related to a degree in ruby, python and C?</div><div><br></div><div>I'd be very grateful for any advice you could give, no matter how crazy/unusual it sounds.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>And thank you very much if you've read this far! :)</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Tom</div> </font></span></div></div>
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