Ask HN: What do you guys think of codeschool.com's ruby course?

7 points by rmp2150 13 years ago | 3 comments

scrapcode 13 years ago |

I went through the Ruby course, Rails for Zombies I && II, and thought they were fun and intuitive. However, the main things that I retained were how rails works such as migrations and generations. Being new to frameworks, the "auto-magical" aspect behind all of this was fairly confusing so I guess that's not a bad thing to walk away from. Your question is, however, for Ruby itself, and I have to conclude with saying that although it was entertaining, I didn't retain much technical knowledge of Ruby.

rmp2150 13 years ago | |

Sorry, I meant the full Ruby on Rails track. Do you think it provided sufficient enough introductory knowledge to enable you to start building web apps?

downrightmike 13 years ago | | |

Maybe? Rails 4 isn't finished yet it is still in RC Have a look at: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-...

Then when your want to know more: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ The videos were a huge help

I kind of gave up on it when they had a ton of security problems. So I'm refreshing with headstart rails from o'reilly.

It is a pretty complex subject. Just starting small is hard enough.