Summary: Panelists Mike Clark (twitter github Pragmatic Studio) Avdi Grimm (twitter github blog book) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code) James Edward Gray (blog twitter github) Josh Susser (twitter github blog) Discussed in this Episode Classroom teaching Pair Programming Mentoring Online Learning Build something Training at Conferences Rails Guidebook Programming Ruby by Dave Thomas Pragmatic Studio Training Ruby Talk mailing list Course preparation People coming to the language may not know how to program Are we beginner friendly? Why's poignant guide shoes learn to program book tryruby.org kids ruby Find a way that works for you to get started, then set a real goal Don't worry about learning syntax, learn to think about problems Syntax isn't something you can ignore, but it's not the most important part It's important to remember what you're doing and what it means Blow your mind pattern Enumeration protocol partition irb getting little wins REXML Picks Ruby 1.9.3 (Avdi) Plantronics 995 wireless headphones (anti-pick) (Avdi) testfirst.org (Josh) MagLev (twitter) (Josh) Ancient Inventions documentary series (Josh) sendgrid (James) gatling_gun gem (James) redcar ruby editor (Mike) instacast (Mike) Bloons Tower Defense 4 iPhone App (Chuck) Ruby Show (Chuck) Ruby5 (Chuck)
