Etilyeti wrote in post #955186: > Hello, > > I am not a programmer but I would like to learn and develop more > complex websites than the ones I have done in the past. I will not > learn for the pleasure of learning, but I will do it as I need to > develop my website. > I am pretty good with HTML, and I know a bit of PHP and MySQL. > I was about to plunge my head in my big PHP/MySQL book when I realized > that it may not be the best programing language to learn. > Would you recommend Rails for beginners?
I think so. It may take you a little longer to get up to speed, but you'll be rewarded with a very well-designed language and framework. > If not, what language would you recommend? Rails isn't a language. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > [...] > However, I am not going to learn every languages before starting. > Instead, I will just work with constrains of the language I chose. Poor idea. Of course you can't learn every language before starting, but it's silly to choose one that constrains you too much. Ruby doesn't. That's why I like it. :) Bonus tip: do all development test-first. Get into the habit of using RSpec, Cucumber, and Autotest as soon as possible. Also set up a version control system (I recommend Git) and use it religiously. These two things are essential to programming in the 21st century. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
