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Spend a week learning it and see what you think. Play with the metaprogramming, runtime code creation, and dynamic method invocation, and see if it floats your
by jamesbritt 16y ago
Spend a week learning it and see what you think. Play with the metaprogramming, runtime code creation, and dynamic method invocation, and see if it floats your boat.
(Try this article I wrote for DevX: http://www.devx.com/RubySpecialReport/Article/34502 http://www.devx.com/RubySpecialReport/Article/34502
I tried to give an example that would show off some of the nicer things in Ruby.)
After trying the language, if you don't like it, don't use it, and stop reading Ruby articles.
BTW, anything that claims "Blub is so awesome, you should use it," but doesn't explain why, isn't worth the time of day. Ignore them.
It's unfortunate that there are some people who gush over Ruby like it was their first high school crush, but so what? Try a variety of languages, find one or two that suit you, learn them well, and go make stuff.
Code talks, bullshit walks.
- f1gm3nt 16y agoThanks, you are very straight forward. I was assuming I would get a lot of people flaming this because Ruby is like "their first high school crush", but was wrong. Do you have another link to your article? I'd like to read it, but the site wants me to register. I'm not down with that. Thanks James
- jamesbritt 16y agoI had to google to find that link; I bet the google referer let me view it without a sign-in. See if googling "James Britt DevX ruby" doesn't get you a workable link. Also, if you read it, let me know what you thought. Thanks!
- jamesbritt 16y agoRe my other comment: Also ran into the odd sign-in required, so I decided to just host the article myself: http://www.neurogami.com/articles/10_minutes_to_your_first_Ruby_app/ http://www.neurogami.com/articles/10_minutes_to_your_first_R...