Ruby Rogues 289 RR Head First Ruby and Treehouse with JayMcGavren
Dec 7, 2016
58:00
00:25 - Introducing Jay McGavren1:20 - Teaching style and joining Treehouse 4:35 - Head First Ruby’s ideal audience8:00 - Challenges with teaching11:30 - Writing Head First Ruby 12:50 - Doing research15:20 - Reader feedback16:05 - Hangups when learning Ruby20:45 - Searching for error messages23:20 - Early days of programming24:20 - Jay’s switch from Pearl to Ruby30:50 - Building a thorough education with Ruby39:05 - The rate of Ruby change48:30 - Different languages and coding standardsPicks: Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby by Peter J. Jones (Jerome) The Ace Editor github (Jerome) Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr by Ron Chernow (Jason) Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Jason) Evans Mill (Charles) Selfie Sticks (Charles) Shiren the Wanderer video game (Jay) The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin (Jay)Special Guest: JayMcGavren.
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