Comments on: Journey into Ruby http://comments.deasil.com/2007/02/23/journey-into-ruby/ escape colon w q Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:34:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2007/02/23/journey-into-ruby/#comment-63 felix Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:33:34 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/02/23/journey-into-ruby/#comment-63 Thanks for the tips Dennis! I'm sure I don't know what it means right now, but I hope to know very shortly. :) Thanks for the tips Dennis! I’m sure I don’t know what it means right now, but I hope to know very shortly. :)

]]> By: Dennis Martinez http://comments.deasil.com/2007/02/23/journey-into-ruby/#comment-62 Dennis Martinez Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:51:52 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/02/23/journey-into-ruby/#comment-62 Seems like I'm not the only person learning Rails nowadays. I fully recommend reading those books you purchased completely. I've bought those books too, and I've learned a whole lot in a short period of time, so if you want to take the Rails route, there are no better self-teaching tools. The money I spent on those books is seriously the best investment I've made recently. As for Rails being a "big code generator", while unfair, I think it's the fault of the Rails developers. The main focus to Rails beginners is scaffolding, and it's a great learning tool. But after a while, you tend to forget the scaffolding part and really get into the framework itself. I'd suggest you look into scaffolding when you start learning Rails just to see how the whole MVC paradigm works, but don't depend on it afterwards. In any case, welcome to the Ruby / Rails world. I'm sure your journey will be as exciting as mine currently is! Seems like I’m not the only person learning Rails nowadays. I fully recommend reading those books you purchased completely. I’ve bought those books too, and I’ve learned a whole lot in a short period of time, so if you want to take the Rails route, there are no better self-teaching tools. The money I spent on those books is seriously the best investment I’ve made recently.

As for Rails being a “big code generator”, while unfair, I think it’s the fault of the Rails developers. The main focus to Rails beginners is scaffolding, and it’s a great learning tool. But after a while, you tend to forget the scaffolding part and really get into the framework itself. I’d suggest you look into scaffolding when you start learning Rails just to see how the whole MVC paradigm works, but don’t depend on it afterwards.

In any case, welcome to the Ruby / Rails world. I’m sure your journey will be as exciting as mine currently is!

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