1. Yes, I've read these books. 2. Yes, I've taught my students this way. 3. I've chosen Ruby, SQLite, and the like because of how easy it is to go from 0 to l

1. Yes, I've read these books. 2. Yes, I've taught my students this way. 3. I've chosen Ruby, SQLite, and the like because of how easy it is to go from 0 to learning. Have you ever spent 8 hours trying to figure out a messy install of MySQL? You can bet a learner will. All of these are "path of least (possible) resistance"