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I was back at home today and noticed I had a monster book on Ruby and after flipping through I'm starting to get curious.
Would Ruby be a good language to learn? I work Web Design/Development and I already know a decent amount of C#, PHP, and Python.
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Re: Ruby from C#
Posted 15 February 2010 - 09:53 PM
Lemur, on 15 February 2010 - 05:18 PM, said:
I was back at home today and noticed I had a monster book on Ruby and after flipping through I'm starting to get curious.
Would Ruby be a good language to learn? I work Web Design/Development and I already know a decent amount of C#, PHP, and Python.
Would Ruby be a good language to learn? I work Web Design/Development and I already know a decent amount of C#, PHP, and Python.
It couldn't hurt. I know a bit of C# and can get around with PHP, but I just fell in love with Ruby. Of course, this is just a personal preference. From a professional view, Ruby is growing in demand as people are seeing how easily and quickly web applications can be built and scaled using the Rails framework. I would suggest that you to at least test drive Ruby and see if it's something that you'd consider learning. In the end, it's always good to learn a little of other languages when you got the time.
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Re: Ruby from C#
Posted 16 February 2010 - 03:26 PM
Ruby is really easy to pick up (you could have the syntax down in a few days) especially since you know Python already.
And I agree, since you are a web developer, adding Ruby/Rails to your skills list couldn't hurt.
And I agree, since you are a web developer, adding Ruby/Rails to your skills list couldn't hurt.
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Re: Ruby from C#
Posted 16 February 2010 - 06:19 PM
Well I have the advanced book for sure, I recognize most of what is going on, I just need to know the base syntax and such so I don't end up patch learning like I did with PHP. Any personal favorite tutorials for starting out?
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Re: Ruby from C#
Posted 16 February 2010 - 06:41 PM
The free online class here:
http://www.rubylearning.org/class/
is pretty good, and the tutorial at:
http://rubylearning.com/
that goes with it isn't half bad.
http://www.rubylearning.org/class/
is pretty good, and the tutorial at:
http://rubylearning.com/
that goes with it isn't half bad.
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Re: Ruby from C#
Posted 16 February 2010 - 07:55 PM
I learned from a variety of sources, which wasn't a particularly brilliant idea I suppose, but oh well.
Check out the Ruby Docs topic. Yes, there are only 2 replies to it, but some useful stuff is there
http://www.dreaminco...topic153887.htm
Check out the Ruby Docs topic. Yes, there are only 2 replies to it, but some useful stuff is there
http://www.dreaminco...topic153887.htm
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Re: Ruby from C#
Posted 16 February 2010 - 08:35 PM
Another good source for information, if you're doing the Rails web development is Railscasts. It's a podcast of Ruby on Rails screecasts, updated every Monday I think.
Also, the Ruby on Rails API documentation comes in handy for me on a regular basis.
Also, the Ruby on Rails API documentation comes in handy for me on a regular basis.
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