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- Ruby Ireland P2PU study group [11 Updates]
"José Domínguez" <jjdoming...@gmail.com> Jan 17 01:29PM
After a discussion on irc today we are tempted to open a study group
for Ruby at http://p2pu.org/ focusing mainly in beginners now, and
seeing how the community evolves.
I'll be happy to organise the group if we get at least 3 mentors.
Oisin has volunteered for a mentor position so we will need another 2
(or more). Anyone up for it? Please reply to this thread if you are
either interested in being a mentor or in joining the group.
These groups can be managed synchronously and asynchronously so you
don't have to be in Dublin to join in. We can use irc, skype or any
other communication techniques. We might also meet in person, but
meetups don't have to happen in Dublin exclusively. Group members can
organise their own meetups too.
Let us know what you guys think!
cheers,
José
Richard Conroy <richard...@gmail.com> Jan 17 02:17PM
I like it, just getting involved in some similar things in London.
Interested in Joining, sign me up.
2012/1/17 José Domínguez <jjdoming...@gmail.com>
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"José Domínguez" <jjdoming...@gmail.com> Jan 17 02:43PM
Hey Richard, you signing up as a mentor, right?
cheers,
José
Mark Finlay <ma...@betbambury.com> Jan 17 02:45PM
As a beginner Rubyist a local study group is exactly what I would love to
have access to.
Mark
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Richard Conroy <richard...@gmail.com> Jan 17 04:18PM
Bit of column A, bit of column B.
My experience in Ruby is a bit spikey atm. Hoping to round it out, and
launch a few personal learning projects, compound some essential skills
into muscle memory.
Was more into the peering bit. But I can get absolute beginners off the
ground (have non-ruby background in tech training) and I have decent Ruby
on Windows experience.
regards,
Richard
2012/1/17 José Domínguez <jjdoming...@gmail.com>
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Jivan <yo.j...@gmail.com> Jan 17 04:30PM
this sounds great - i'd be a beginner and not a mentor!!!
despite difficulties all term in my RoR course, i managed to get up to
speed. however, we ended up having a stinker of an exam last saturday
(format completely changed without our being told) so i failed it. (a
first for me in exams...)
looking forward to being mentored - thanks to all!
jivan
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Richard Conroy <richard...@gmail.com> Jan 17 04:41PM
What course is this?
Just curious. An 'exam' doesn't seem to be the most appropriate way to
either instruct or assess someones Rails skills.
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Jivan <yo.j...@gmail.com> Jan 17 04:54PM
hi richard,
it's a cloud computing course in national college of ireland. interesting
comment about exams! many of my colleagues would agree with you especially
after saturday's farce! btw, we also did a project.
regards,
jivan
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Declan McGrath <decl...@gmail.com> Jan 17 06:36PM
Great initiative guys. Won't have time at the moment to help on mentoring -
which I really regret - but will do anything I can to help support it.
I think it's just about the best thing we can do at the moment to help
people with Ruby!
Dec
Richard Conroy <richard...@gmail.com> Jan 17 09:54PM
Ah, I forgot the NCI courses. Fair play for running courses with some
modern skill sets, but you teach Rails with lots of projects. Make them
small to do more, but it is essential to repeat certain basics to make sure
they get settled in.
If you need a crash course in Ruby Fundamentals, you could give
http://ruby.learncodethehardway.com - I like its approach, especially for
beginners, and its emphasis on drill exercises to make lessons take hold.
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Tom Eustace <tom.e...@gmail.com> Jan 17 11:26PM
Sounds great. My issue with learning ruby has been I don't get to practice
much and free time is nearly non existent at the moment (it's a girl).
Would it be an option to use these sessions to work on a project, which
could be worked on in increments and hosted on github or similar. This
would allow members who miss a session to track the project updates. Of
course the project commits would need to be well documented. I'm sure the
community could come up with some project ideas that would cover a lot, may
end up with something useful, which would be nice.
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