August 2007 - Posts

Suite Dreams (United)

 

Now and then I come across some really nice web sites. Most of the time what really grabs my attention is the illustration and the design and this site has top notch illustrations. It also uses Flash - what I really dislike on any sites - but here Flash is used cleverly ; only to improve the visuals and give life for the illustrations, but it does not  stands in the way of usability.

UnitedDreans

Suite Dreams (United).

posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:43 AM by gyurisc with 0 Comments

Digging Ruby

Ever since the IronRuby Alpha has been released I am trying to get on speed with Ruby. This is the language I choose to learn as my next language. I found some really nice material that will help me to make this journey a breeze:

  • Try Ruby is an interactive ruby command line in your browser. This is especially really nice when you cannot actually install the ruby environment. It has some interactive tutorials as well.
     

    http://tryruby.hobix.com/

  • Following the link at the bottom of the interactive ruby command line I did found Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby. This book continues to amaze me, although I did not read it yet completely. It is the most  bizarre Ruby language tutorial I saw in my whole adult life. I did learn programming Basic form an equally bizarre book.

    http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

  • Learn to Program is the next Ruby tutorial I like a lot. This one is aimed to teach the next generation of programmers, so it starts with explanations of a string and integer or a float. This way you can do teach this language to your kids, while you learn along the way. I think this can double the fun!

    http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

 

Technorati tags: Ruby, Learning Ruby

 

posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:28 AM by gyurisc with 0 Comments