Comments on: Ruby http://www.sweeting.net/weblog/archive/2004/07/ruby/ At the crossroads of form and function Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Gilbert Lee http://www.sweeting.net/weblog/archive/2004/07/ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Gilbert Lee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sweeting.net/?p=115#comment-109 I've been reading quite a bit of Ruby lately (The Poignant's Guide) and it makes me want to learn more about programming (in Ruby). Is Ruby something I can learn if I have no background in programming? I’ve been reading quite a bit of Ruby lately (The Poignant’s Guide) and it makes me want to learn more about programming (in Ruby).

Is Ruby something I can learn if I have no background in programming?

]]> By: Brian http://www.sweeting.net/weblog/archive/2004/07/ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Brian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sweeting.net/?p=115#comment-110 Ruby is a great tool for a web application such as Basecamp, and would be great for web application development. There are a couple of potential problems that I can think of...such as: - When it comes to webhosting, Ruby is not supported as widely as is PHP. Therefore you would most likely have to colocate or run your own webserver. - It is a proper OO language, that might make it overkill for doing basic scripting on a website. For instance, some sites I've done only use PHP code for including files (to modularize the site), and for processing forms. As for learning Ruby, it might be harder simply because it isn't as popular as PHP. The language is quite simple, yet it does have some specific syntax that would take some getting used to if you have already learned PHP. Ruby is a great tool for a web application such as Basecamp, and would be great for web application development. There are a couple of potential problems that I can think of…such as:

- When it comes to webhosting, Ruby is not supported as widely as is PHP. Therefore you would most likely have to colocate or run your own webserver.

- It is a proper OO language, that might make it overkill for doing basic scripting on a website. For instance, some sites I’ve done only use PHP code for including files (to modularize the site), and for processing forms.

As for learning Ruby, it might be harder simply because it isn’t as popular as PHP. The language is quite simple, yet it does have some specific syntax that would take some getting used to if you have already learned PHP.

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