It doesn't matter whether it's in Ruby, but most resources around algorithms are not accessible to people who want something "in their hands" to play with, i.e.

It doesn't matter whether it's in Ruby, but most resources around algorithms are not accessible to people who want something "in their hands" to play with, i.e., every beginning programmer, ever. They're also introduced abstractly, rather than contextually. I run into the "Good Will Hunting" problem with lots of people who have studied algorithms (or any topics) this way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws66aAdthE0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws66aAdthE0 They can describe the Sistine Chapel every which way, but they can't tell me what it's like to stand in the middle of it. We take the opposite approach at DBC, which is why this resource was so interesting to me.