Ruby On Rails

Ruby on Rails, one of the most exciting things to hit the web since “Web 2.0″ become an actual cliche, attracted me because of the elegance of the code itself. With the encouragement of a couple good friends (brilliant programmers in their own right), I thought learning my first programming language would finally be a fun, achievable project to pursue. Though my progress is slow and my time to dedicate to it is (frustratingly) minimal, I have enjoyed learning how this highly evolved language works and interacting with the fervent community that supports it.

I have a two-pronged approach to learning the language. The first is by following the third edition of Agile Web Development with Rails, a popular book in the Rails community. The second is by writing my own program, a solution to a particularly thorny issue with creating a large number of very similar reports from disparate sources. As I follow the book, I try to apply the lessons learned to my own program.

Updates categorized with “Rails” will appear on this page as I go along.