Sorry, I meant it is easy in theory. In practice it is still difficult with, like you said, so many little nuances.
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 1:12:28 PM UTC-4, Elizabeth McGurty wrote: > > Hunter: Seriously you are joking... > > > On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 12:52:09 PM UTC-4, Hunter Stevens > wrote: >> >> The reason why Rails is so easy to work with (in practice), is because >> the framework's source code is so complicated and intense. Or else the >> end-programmer would be required to a lot more themselves. >> >> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 12:46:23 PM UTC-4, Elizabeth McGurty >> wrote: >>> >>> AMEN! >>> >>> Colin writes: "Rails core code is not the easiest code to get to grips >>> with." >>> >>> What an understatement! I am actually an advanced mathematician with >>> that training in precedence and exception and for years I have worked with >>> ROR -- in its history of versions. I'll write with considerable confidence >>> that it is extremely difficult to learn the nuance of ROR. (Watch >>> Railscasts, and you want to abandon your profession. How/where does Ryan >>> Bates learn this nuance?) I see 'authoritative" code examples here and I >>> have no idea from whence they originated. As a starting point the >>> documentation needs to be improved. Just as an obvious example, such >>> frequent questions here are related to table/model associations. >>> >>> Liz >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:30:50 AM UTC-4, Colin Law wrote: >>>> >>>> On 16 September 2015 at 14:15, Chirag Aggarwal <chi...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Hi, I want to contribute in Ruby on Rails. Could someone point me to >>>> a >>>> > beginner bug? >>>> >>>> Do you mean you want to contribute to the development of Rails itself? >>>> If so then I suggest you first register with the rubyonrails-core >>>> list [1] and hang around there for a while to get a feel for things. >>>> Also (and perhaps easier) you could have a look at the open issues on >>>> any of the gems that you regularly use (devise perhaps, whatever gems >>>> you use) and try and fix them. Rails core code is not the easiest >>>> code to get to grips with. >>>> >>>> Colin >>>> >>>> [1] http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core. >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/41dfdb62-2392-4c8b-9ac1-6639fdd661d6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.