I've been spending some time with Ruby Koans recently: http://rubykoans.com/
It's been enlightening, and I've learned plenty about Ruby on the way that I either never learnt in the first place or had simply forgotten. I'd definitely encourage going through them - as somebody who has been writing Ruby for 5-6 years, I had my first "surprise" about 15-20 minutes in. I've actually encouraged one friend (a developer, just not in Ruby), to learn Ruby from scratch using them. If the group wanted, I'd be happy to offer a talk where we go through some of them - a mixture of the simple but surprising, and some a little more complex and challenging - perhaps as a short addendum to another talk. I'm not convinced there is more than 30-40 minutes of material here, because you know, it's meant to be you reflecting on them, but it could give you a taste of what to expect and the value of doing them. I could easily squeeze in something useful in 15 minutes if need be. I know it's a bit controversial offering a Ruby talk at NWRUG these days, but thought I'd offer. :-) Also, I've been thinking about how cool it would be to extend these to libraries, frameworks, etc. as I can't see any existing efforts to do so. -- Paul Robinson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
