I am unix Sysadmin, from king of prussia area, who has recently fell in love with Ruby. I've done some sysadmin'ey type ruby scripts, but I feel I've hit a learning wall.
My question is can you recommend any courses in the area for ruby? If not any reputable online courses? Something with a lot of hands on lessons.
I'd like to get a strong grasp on Ruby before I look at Rails. I see a lot of courses for rails, but not a lot of straight ruby.
Andy, I've been thinking about doing this for a few months now, and have been working on a syllabus. I'm still not quite sure how to structure the course/courses: how often they should be, how long, how much Ruby vs Rails to do, paid/free portions...
Would you be available for a Skype call sometime in the next week? I can be reached at cmsJustin. If anyone else is interested in attending or helping with a local course, I'd love to talk to them as well.
On Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andy Wojnarek wrote:
> Hello all!
> I am unix Sysadmin, from king of prussia area, who has recently fell in love with Ruby. I've done some sysadmin'ey type ruby scripts, but I feel I've hit a learning wall.
> My question is can you recommend any courses in the area for ruby? If not any reputable online courses? Something with a lot of hands on lessons.
> I'd like to get a strong grasp on Ruby before I look at Rails. I see a lot of courses for rails, but not a lot of straight ruby.
> Thanks for any input,
> Andy W.
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Sure. I'll contact you early next week. What's important to me , and I think a lot of people try to learn, is a syllabus that is structured with REAL stuff. Not just theoretical work, stuff that has real working application.
I would say make it all paid, even if it's not expensive.. There are so many free 'courses' out there with just a cookie cutter syllabus.
-Andy
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On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Justin Campbell <jus...@justincampbell.me> wrote:
> Andy, I've been thinking about doing this for a few months now, and have been working on a syllabus. I'm still not quite sure how to structure the course/courses: how often they should be, how long, how much Ruby vs Rails to do, paid/free portions...
> Would you be available for a Skype call sometime in the next week? I can be reached at cmsJustin. If anyone else is interested in attending or helping with a local course, I'd love to talk to them as well.
> -Justin
> On Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andy Wojnarek wrote:
>> Hello all!
>> I am unix Sysadmin, from king of prussia area, who has recently fell in love with Ruby. I've done some sysadmin'ey type ruby scripts, but I feel I've hit a learning wall.
>> My question is can you recommend any courses in the area for ruby? If not any reputable online courses? Something with a lot of hands on lessons.
>> I'd like to get a strong grasp on Ruby before I look at Rails. I see a lot of courses for rails, but not a lot of straight ruby.
>> Thanks for any input,
>> Andy W.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm definitely keeping real-world
examples/exercises in mind.
-Justin
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On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Andy Wojnarek <and...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure. I'll contact you early next week. What's important to me , and I
think a lot of people try to learn, is a syllabus that is structured with
REAL stuff. Not just theoretical work, stuff that has real working
application.
I would say make it all paid, even if it's not expensive.. There are so
many free 'courses' out there with just a cookie cutter syllabus.
-Andy
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Justin Campbell <jus...@justincampbell.me>
wrote:
Andy, I've been thinking about doing this for a few months now, and have
been working on a syllabus. I'm still not quite sure how to structure the
course/courses: how often they should be, how long, how much Ruby vs Rails
to do, paid/free portions...
Would you be available for a Skype call sometime in the next week? I can be
reached at cmsJustin. If anyone else is interested in attending or helping
with a local course, I'd love to talk to them as well.
-Justin
On Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andy Wojnarek wrote:
Hello all!
I am unix Sysadmin, from king of prussia area, who has recently fell in
love with Ruby. I've done some sysadmin'ey type ruby scripts, but I feel
I've hit a learning wall.
My question is can you recommend any courses in the area for ruby? If not
any reputable online courses? Something with a lot of hands on lessons.
I'd like to get a strong grasp on Ruby before I look at Rails. I see a lot
of courses for rails, but not a lot of straight ruby.
Thanks for any input,
Andy W.
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I have to agree... a little money puts skin in the game, so to speak. I'd
be interested too. I've been doing Ruby a couple years now and still find
myself writing ruby code that looks suspiciously C#-ish, lol (and ouch).
Depending on what's in this course, another might be valuable that creates
a non-trivial application or gem that benefits from code being organized in
a particular way with rationale, etc. behind it. I still find myself going
"where do I put this?" especially when under pressure.
Mike
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Justin Campbell
<jus...@justincampbell.me>wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback. I'm definitely keeping real-world
> examples/exercises in mind.
> -Justin
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Andy Wojnarek <and...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure. I'll contact you early next week. What's important to me , and I
> think a lot of people try to learn, is a syllabus that is structured with
> REAL stuff. Not just theoretical work, stuff that has real working
> application.
> I would say make it all paid, even if it's not expensive.. There are so
> many free 'courses' out there with just a cookie cutter syllabus.
> -Andy
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Justin Campbell <jus...@justincampbell.me>
> wrote:
> Andy, I've been thinking about doing this for a few months now, and have
> been working on a syllabus. I'm still not quite sure how to structure the
> course/courses: how often they should be, how long, how much Ruby vs Rails
> to do, paid/free portions...
> Would you be available for a Skype call sometime in the next week? I can
> be reached at cmsJustin. If anyone else is interested in attending or
> helping with a local course, I'd love to talk to them as well.
> -Justin
> On Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andy Wojnarek wrote:
> Hello all!
> I am unix Sysadmin, from king of prussia area, who has recently fell in
> love with Ruby. I've done some sysadmin'ey type ruby scripts, but I feel
> I've hit a learning wall.
> My question is can you recommend any courses in the area for ruby? If not
> any reputable online courses? Something with a lot of hands on lessons.
> I'd like to get a strong grasp on Ruby before I look at Rails. I see a lot
> of courses for rails, but not a lot of straight ruby.
> Thanks for any input,
> Andy W.
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I was exposed to Ruby recently while taking a class through
coursera.org. The focus of the course was SaaS, but they used RoR and
began with several lectures to teach the language. I know for a fact
that those lectures are still online on Vimeo. They may have been
mirrored elsewhere. I post the link when I find it.
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Dwyer, Mike <mdw...@britussolutions.com> wrote:
> I have to agree... a little money puts skin in the game, so to speak. I'd be
> interested too. I've been doing Ruby a couple years now and still find
> myself writing ruby code that looks suspiciously C#-ish, lol (and ouch).
> Depending on what's in this course, another might be valuable that creates a
> non-trivial application or gem that benefits from code being organized in a
> particular way with rationale, etc. behind it. I still find myself going
> "where do I put this?" especially when under pressure.
> Mike
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Justin Campbell <jus...@justincampbell.me>
> wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback. I'm definitely keeping real-world
>> examples/exercises in mind.
>> -Justin
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Andy Wojnarek <and...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sure. I'll contact you early next week. What's important to me , and I
>> think a lot of people try to learn, is a syllabus that is structured with
>> REAL stuff. Not just theoretical work, stuff that has real working
>> application.
>> I would say make it all paid, even if it's not expensive.. There are so
>> many free 'courses' out there with just a cookie cutter syllabus.
>> -Andy
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Justin Campbell <jus...@justincampbell.me>
>> wrote:
>> Andy, I've been thinking about doing this for a few months now, and have
>> been working on a syllabus. I'm still not quite sure how to structure the
>> course/courses: how often they should be, how long, how much Ruby vs Rails
>> to do, paid/free portions...
>> Would you be available for a Skype call sometime in the next week? I can
>> be reached at cmsJustin. If anyone else is interested in attending or
>> helping with a local course, I'd love to talk to them as well.
>> -Justin
>> On Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andy Wojnarek wrote:
>> Hello all!
>> I am unix Sysadmin, from king of prussia area, who has recently fell in
>> love with Ruby. I've done some sysadmin'ey type ruby scripts, but I feel
>> I've hit a learning wall.
>> My question is can you recommend any courses in the area for ruby? If not
>> any reputable online courses? Something with a lot of hands on lessons.
>> I'd like to get a strong grasp on Ruby before I look at Rails. I see a lot
>> of courses for rails, but not a lot of straight ruby.
>> Thanks for any input,
>> Andy W.
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