Learning Ruby
Just recently I started learning a new programming language called Ruby. The first language that I ever learned way back in college is Java so I can't help but compare the two languages. Learning a new language for me is apparently not very difficult since I have a strong foundation in programming logic theoretically as well as based on experience. I was quite amazed on how Ruby has made coding fast, easy, and simple with its intuitive, shorter syntax, and also available online sources ( http://ruby-doc.com/docs/ProgrammingRuby /) will help you learn the language quickly. So, I started reading the first five sections of the documentation and I was too eager to put my hands on it and write some codes. By the way, installing the compiler on Windows is no sweat and you can download it on http://rubyonrails.org/download . The installer automatically appends C:\Ruby200\bin to the system path so you can run the code right away on the command prompt. You just have to create a file wit...