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You’re right. It’s unrelated but I always try to not recommend Ruby as first language because as much as I love it it might be a little too magic for beginners.
Senior App Dev @ Acuity Brands Lighting | Co-Founder of https://ct3dao.io | President of https://NewHaven.IO | Maintainer of https://TechEnthusiastScholarship.com | https://HenryGives.Coffee
Location
New Haven, CT
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Computer Network & Information Security @ Champlain College
If they're semi functional in JS and PHP, Ruby is a great step forward. Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial is a GREAT way to start to understand modern MVC paradigms.
That actually sounds pretty neat.
However, if they're just trying to pick up a new language, it's a little harder to spin up a quick script with Java than it would be with Ruby. ;)
You’re right. It’s unrelated but I always try to not recommend Ruby as first language because as much as I love it it might be a little too magic for beginners.
If they're semi functional in JS and PHP, Ruby is a great step forward. Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial is a GREAT way to start to understand modern MVC paradigms.
Yes, I always have the bad habit of transposing my own way of learning things onto other people.
The fact that @venatusdev was suggesting either C or Java led me to think that they wanted to dig into lower levels than PHP and Javascript.
I think we should wait until they give us more insights on where they’re headed to xD