Ask HN: What do you guys think of codeschool.com's ruby course?

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Post by rmp2150 » Mon, May 20, 2013, 12:25 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What do you guys think of codeschool.com's ruby course?

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Post by scrapcode » Mon, May 20, 2013, 1:18 AM UTC

I went through the Ruby course, Rails for Zombies I && II, and thought they were fun and intuitive. However, the main things that I retained were how rails works such as migrations and generations. Being new to frameworks, the "auto-magical" aspect behind all of this was fairly confusing so I guess that's not a bad thing to walk away from. Your question is, however, for Ruby itself, and I have to conclude with saying that although it was entertaining, I didn't retain much technical knowledge of Ruby.

Re: Ask HN: What do you guys think of codeschool.com's ruby course?

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Post by rmp2150 » Mon, May 20, 2013, 2:57 AM UTC

scrapcode wrote: post #2

I went through the Ruby course, Rails for Zombies I && II, and thought they were fun and intuitive. However, the main things that I retained were how rails works such as migrations and generations. Being new to frameworks, the "auto-magical" aspect behind all of this was fairly confusing so I guess that's not a bad thing to walk away from. Your question is, however, for Ruby itself, and I have to conclude with saying…

Sorry, I meant the full Ruby on Rails track. Do you think it provided sufficient enough introductory knowledge to enable you to start building web apps?

Re: Ask HN: What do you guys think of codeschool.com's ruby course?

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Post by downrightmike » Mon, May 20, 2013, 3:27 AM UTC

rmp2150 wrote: post #3

scrapcode wrote: post #2

I went through the Ruby course, Rails for Zombies I && II, and thought they were fun and intuitive. However, the main things that I retained were how rails works such as migrations and generations. Being new to frameworks, the "auto-magical" aspect behind all of this was fairly confusing so I guess that's not a bad thing to walk away from. Your question is, however, for Ruby itself, and I have to conclude with saying…

Sorry, I meant the full Ruby on Rails track. Do you think it provided sufficient enough introductory knowledge to enable you to start building web apps?

Maybe? Rails 4 isn't finished yet it is still in RC Have a look at: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-...

Then when your want to know more: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ The videos were a huge help

I kind of gave up on it when they had a ton of security problems. So I'm refreshing with headstart rails from o'reilly.

It is a pretty complex subject. Just starting small is hard enough.