I'm pretty sure my parents would have met, made a baby named Evan, and started a farm no matter how weird Return of the Jedi was. I'd be way more enthusiastic about Star Wars, though.
I have to learn object oriented programming concepts quickly, while learning Ruby. The thingy is going to be interacting with a very complex SQL db. Anyone have any good things to share to help me learn the higher concepts? I'm getting lost on such simple concepts as classes, controllers, views, etc. and none of my SQL experience is helping me.
I have to learn object oriented programming concepts quickly, while learning Ruby. The thingy is going to be interacting with a very complex SQL db. Anyone have any good things to share to help me learn the higher concepts? I'm getting lost on such simple concepts as classes, controllers, views, etc. and none of my SQL experience is helping me.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me like you're getting your OOP mixed into your MVC, and, yes, that is as esoteric as it sounds. I don't know the project you're doing, but perhaps the resources you were looking at were a little too web-centric (as modern Ruby tends to be).
If you're completely stuck on the programming level of it, take 25 minutes to go through Try Ruby. It's been a while since I went through it, but it had some decent little snippets about Object Oriented Programming that didn't get too overwhelming.
If you have some programming experience already, but Ruby is just absolutely baffling you, try to find a download of the first chapter of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. The first chapter is a good guide to Ruby's features from a programmer's perspective that is supposed to get a seasoned developer up to speed in 3 sessions. I have a pdf on my home computer (as well as the physical book), so it must be circulating somewhere...
Otherwise, maybe keep Zed's Learn Ruby the Hard Way as a reference? I haven't read it, but it's a direct translation of his Python book, which is fantastic.
Also, are you working with a gem module? If not, stop searching how to approach it yourself, and try and find something written by someone else. I'm sure someone had ruby interact with SQL at some point...
I have to learn object oriented programming concepts quickly, while learning Ruby. The thingy is going to be interacting with a very complex SQL db. Anyone have any good things to share to help me learn the higher concepts? I'm getting lost on such simple concepts as classes, controllers, views, etc. and none of my SQL experience is helping me.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me like you're getting your OOP mixed into your MVC, and, yes, that is as esoteric as it sounds. I don't know the project you're doing, but perhaps the resources you were looking at were a little too web-centric (as modern Ruby tends to be).
If you're completely stuck on the programming level of it, take 25 minutes to go through Try Ruby. It's been a while since I went through it, but it had some decent little snippets about Object Oriented Programming that didn't get too overwhelming.
If you have some programming experience already, but Ruby is just absolutely baffling you, try to find a download of the first chapter of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. The first chapter is a good guide to Ruby's features from a programmer's perspective that is supposed to get a seasoned developer up to speed in 3 sessions. I have a pdf on my home computer (as well as the physical book), so it must be circulating somewhere...
Otherwise, maybe keep Zed's Learn Ruby the Hard Way as a reference? I haven't read it, but it's a direct translation of his Python book, which is fantastic.
Also, are you working with a gem module? If not, stop searching how to approach it yourself, and try and find something written by someone else. I'm sure someone had ruby interact with SQL at some point...
I'm joining a project with a team of people who area already familiar with connecting the Ruby bits up to SQL (And yes I did get OOP and MVC mixed up, sorry), so thankfully I can rely on their work to do the heavy lifting. I basically want to understand it so that I can replicate it in future projects if necessary.
What they're working with seems to work well for our project, I mostly just need to get the concepts of MVC under my belt and then start learning the syntax. From there, I should be able to figure out what their code is doing, follow it through, and then basically mimic what they're doing as I learn more on the job.
I'm reading through "The Pragmatic Programmer" currently, as that is helping to get my mindset right. Since I'm in a QA role and not in an actual development role, what I'm working on is automating testing for an existing software package. It gets a little complicated trying to describe exactly what I'm trying to do (without getting into too much detail about exactly what I'm doing), but it's fair to say that I'm going to need a "working understanding" of Ruby code (and VB, and C#). I'm also hoping to eventually learn Ruby well enough to create simple end to end automation for certain internal tasks that take up a lot of our time
Scott, I'll take a look at that book for sure. It seems like it might be a bit above what I need at this exact moment (really I'm probably looking for a Programming 101 - Babby's First Programming), but it's going to be useful.
I've never seen an episode of Doctor Who. Where should I start?
Whatever you can get your hands on should do. If you have the choice, watch 2 or 3 episodes of the first (2007) season. If you don't like the Doctor, skip to the next Doctor (Season 2).
I've never seen an episode of Doctor Who. Where should I start?
Whatever you can get your hands on should do. If you have the choice, watch 2 or 3 episodes of the first (2007) season. If you don't like the Doctor, skip to the next Doctor (Season 2).
I think Bronz means 2005 season which was the first season of the "new" Doctor Who. It's a good starting place, I think. Not as strong as some of the later seasons I think, but still a good starting place.
Me and a couple of my old roommates are going to Amsterdam > Prague > Vienna. Anyone have any suggestions of things to see during my first European visit?
Me and a couple of my old roommates are going to Amsterdam > Prague > Vienna. Anyone have any suggestions of things to see during my first European visit?
If you are going to Prague you can go to the cafe to throw donuts at people for laughs. (No seriously they give you a plate of them and you can pelt anyone who is eating inside).
Me and a couple of my old roommates are going to Amsterdam > Prague > Vienna. Anyone have any suggestions of things to see during my first European visit?
If/when you hit the red light district of Amsterdam, DON'T BRING A CAMERA. I've lost count of many friends and acquaintances have had theirs broken in two and thrown into the canals.
What are they looking for? I imagine "money" is the wrong answer that they're looking for.
Correct. The question that they're really asking is, "What skills and traits do you possess that will positively affect the culture of a college?" Basically, what will you do at college that will help other students?
My brain can't remember the name of a zombie comic I read a few years back. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the Walking Dead (the comic I read was in color), but I could be wrong. I think it was a side-story or a short work. It detailed a family living in the boonies living and surviving through a zombie attack. I want to say it was published under Vertigo, but I could be wrong.
I don't remember it being particularly good either, but it's one of those "can't get it out of my head" kind of things. It's driving me bananas. ;_;
I am considering picking up Ghost in the Shell and I was curious to know if Ghost in the Shell 2.0 was worth picking up or should I just get the original version.
Thanks, I will be picking up Ghost in the Shell 2.0 then. I may pick up the DVD for the original version as I have heard the original version on the extras for Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is shitastic.
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If you're completely stuck on the programming level of it, take 25 minutes to go through Try Ruby. It's been a while since I went through it, but it had some decent little snippets about Object Oriented Programming that didn't get too overwhelming.
If you have some programming experience already, but Ruby is just absolutely baffling you, try to find a download of the first chapter of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. The first chapter is a good guide to Ruby's features from a programmer's perspective that is supposed to get a seasoned developer up to speed in 3 sessions. I have a pdf on my home computer (as well as the physical book), so it must be circulating somewhere...
Otherwise, maybe keep Zed's Learn Ruby the Hard Way as a reference? I haven't read it, but it's a direct translation of his Python book, which is fantastic.
Also, are you working with a gem module? If not, stop searching how to approach it yourself, and try and find something written by someone else. I'm sure someone had ruby interact with SQL at some point...
What they're working with seems to work well for our project, I mostly just need to get the concepts of MVC under my belt and then start learning the syntax. From there, I should be able to figure out what their code is doing, follow it through, and then basically mimic what they're doing as I learn more on the job.
I'm reading through "The Pragmatic Programmer" currently, as that is helping to get my mindset right. Since I'm in a QA role and not in an actual development role, what I'm working on is automating testing for an existing software package. It gets a little complicated trying to describe exactly what I'm trying to do (without getting into too much detail about exactly what I'm doing), but it's fair to say that I'm going to need a "working understanding" of Ruby code (and VB, and C#). I'm also hoping to eventually learn Ruby well enough to create simple end to end automation for certain internal tasks that take up a lot of our time
Scott, I'll take a look at that book for sure. It seems like it might be a bit above what I need at this exact moment (really I'm probably looking for a Programming 101 - Babby's First Programming), but it's going to be useful.
I don't remember it being particularly good either, but it's one of those "can't get it out of my head" kind of things. It's driving me bananas. ;_;