Hi my 12 year old, WIX, is an amazing auto deductive computer whiz. I have to keep up... He is an excellent VB programmer and knows JAVA. I have been told ROR is the future. I want to guide WIX so he can build up a good methodical working knowledge but don''t want him to waste his time on archaic languages that will not be around soon...Should his next step be ROR or would you recommend something else? Thnx! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
wixmom wrote:> Hi my 12 year old, WIX, is an amazing auto deductive computer whiz. I > have to keep up... > He is an excellent VB programmer and knows JAVA. I have been told ROR > is the future.It is the present. RoR (the platform) is much better than platforms like ASP.NET & Tomcat (VB & Java, respectively), and it uses the language Ruby, which has leading-edge Object Oriented features.> I want to guide WIX so he can build up a good methodical working > knowledge but don''t want him to waste his time on archaic languages > that will not be around soon...Should his next step be ROR or would > you recommend something else? Thnx!Not to worry. (And happy vicarious fathers'' day!) RoR will not waste your time. You can typically get things done in like 1/2 the time and 1/10th the code of corporate platforms. A lot of its development leverages automatically deducing things. When you do that, Ruby is _much_ more likely to do what you expect, compared to VB or Java. Also, RoR supports "unit tests". If your offspring learns to use those, he will become a better programmer than like 80% of the professionals. -- Phlip http://flea.sourceforge.net/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Jeffrey Lee
2008-Jun-15 03:31 UTC
Re: Is Ruby on Rails the next step for the new generation?
Well. I don''t know about RoR being the future but I''ve been seeing a bunch of want ads for Cobol, RPG/ILE and Lotus script/formula language lately. I started my first programming job programming on AS/400s in RPG/ILE which I learned on the job because no one else knew it. My best programming class in college focused on game theory in C. Before that I just did small web applications and it helped me look at the bigger picture. So you may want him to learn those languages to see what is really going on behind the scenes as RoR does a lot of the work for you. On Jun 14, 2008, at 11:49 AM, wixmom <stephanie.weitzman-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Hi my 12 year old, WIX, is an amazing auto deductive computer whiz. I > have to keep up... > He is an excellent VB programmer and knows JAVA. I have been told ROR > is the future. > I want to guide WIX so he can build up a good methodical working > knowledge but don''t want him to waste his time on archaic languages > that will not be around soon...Should his next step be ROR or would > you recommend something else? Thnx! > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Chris Olsen
2008-Jun-15 05:07 UTC
Re: Is Ruby on Rails the next step for the new generation?
For starters we gotta get the kid off of VB and Java ASAP. Take 3 RoR''s a day for the next few months and hopefully we will see some recovery :) Honestly, Rails isn''t the be all end all, but it is something new and that is what''s important. It is also a lot of fun, so it is a win win situation. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---