Re: New to Ruby on Rails Please Help!

Marnen Laibow-Koser
Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:28:08 -0000

ScottyMar11 wrote in post #968437:
> I am new to Ruby on Rails. To tell you the truth I dont know much
> about it at all. I have been trying to read about it but I figured why
> dont I ask the experts directly!

Well, it''s usually best to ask only after having done research on your
own.  That makes the best use of everyone''s time and puts you in a
better position to understand the answers you get.

> So I am reaching out to people that
> actually develop using Ruby to help me out. I know Ruby is becoming an
> extremely high demanding skill set. And as far as people with expert
> knowledge they seem to be far and few between.

There are lots of Ruby experts here.  (And BTW, the correct phrase is
"few and far between": few of them, and a long distance between them.
:)
)

>
>  So i guess my questions are pretty basic, but why exactly are
> companies and developers starting to use Ruby on Rails?  Why is it
> better than the preceding technology? What makes it valuable to
> someone if they have a Ruby skill set?  Why are jobs for Ruby
> developers popping up all over the job boards? How does Ruby actually
> work? What makes a good Ruby developer, should they have knowledge of
> other specific technologies that would make them a better Ruby
> developer? And of course I would love to hear about anything else you
> think would help me in any way.

That''s a huge number of questions to expect the community to answer
right off the bat.  Go build a simple application with Rails and you''ll
probably find out the answers to most of these

>
> Thank you to everyone contributing! I appreciate the help!

Best,
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