Moving on…

Okay, so now I feel like I’m grasping the basics of Ruby as a language. I’m far from understanding it completely or even being able to write my own Ruby programs, but I do feel like I’m getting the basics down. My education on the subject is not complete, but for the purpose of this blog, I think I want to move away from the Ruby aspect and start to focus on the Ruby on Rails part.

I’m moving on for two reasons. First, while I find Ruby fun to play with, the truth is that I’m not interested in becoming a programmer. I started this journey to learn Rails. That doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop learning Ruby altogether—actually, it’s quite the opposite. I’m still following Why’s (poignant) guide and I’m also using Chris Pine’s Learn to Program book to continue my education. The thing is, I want to learn Ruby to support my Rails development and make me better at Rails, not to make me a Ruby programmer. Second, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to express what I’m learning in Ruby on this blog. I’m not sure how to convey this information in a concise manner and still make it comprehensive enough to mean anything. My last post took quite a long time to format, only to show a snippet of code that’s only marginally useful.

Don’t worry, it’s not that I’m breaking up with Ruby… It’s just that we’ve decided to see other people.