Robby on Rails: "Above all, make it fun" - Dave Thomasthoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-09-05T22:12:49-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:9ca867f7d49fef98bacfc39633808a812005-05-08T01:10:13-04:002006-09-05T22:12:49-04:00"Above all, make it fun" - Dave Thomas<p>My copy of <a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook/index.shtml">The Pragmatic Programmer</a> showed up on the doorstep today. I started reading it and when I went to close it, I noticed that I completely missed on one of the first pages, the words written, “Above all, make it fun” – Dave Thomas, 2005
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Thanks Dave for the nice personal touch!
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Some tips that I have enjoyed so far…
<br /><br />
<blockquote>
Provide Options, Don’t Make Lame Excuses
</blockquote>
<br /><br />
The book goes on describing some ways of thinking about how you should discuss problems with your client, boss, etc… and gives you a few methods of figuring out all the possible responses that they could come up with. Giving someone productive options towards helping resolve an issue rather than just a reason for it… anyways, it’s a good start off to the book.
<br /><br />
<blockquote>
Invest Regularly in Your Knowledge Portfolio
</blockquote>
<br /><br />
Like most of you who came (or are going) to the Rails world, for me, diving into <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">RubyOnRails</a> was a decision that I made several months ago to branch out beyond my <span class="caps">PHP</span>, Perl, Python skill set. I was finding that the <span class="caps">PHP</span> work that I was doing was becoming stale. I was re-using libraries that I had built in the past, was trying to figure out ways to speed up my development work, was re-using code without duplication… but it seemed to have lost it’s novelty. I was growing old of building simple <span class="caps">CRUD</span> applications, was trying to build a generator for forms that worked from my postgresql databases. One day, I noticed the term ‘Rails’ in my <span class="caps">RSS</span> Reader. I looked, oh… Ruby, who uses that anyways? I didn’t give it much thought… a learning curve… that I didn’t feel like I had the time to invest.
<br /><br />
Another few months ago, and I find myself reading the first ONLamp article… wow, it looks even more interesting all of a sudden. So, I give it a try…. four months later, I find myself writing a book about it.
<br /><br />
This year, I am heavily investing into my programming career. I think that a lot of people are doing that (especially in the Rails community). What better time than now?
<br /><br />
Take the first step:
<br />
<b>gem install rails</b></p><p>My copy of <a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook/index.shtml">The Pragmatic Programmer</a> showed up on the doorstep today. I started reading it and when I went to close it, I noticed that I completely missed on one of the first pages, the words written, “Above all, make it fun” – Dave Thomas, 2005
<br /><br />
Thanks Dave for the nice personal touch!
<br /><br />
Some tips that I have enjoyed so far…
<br /><br />
<blockquote>
Provide Options, Don’t Make Lame Excuses
</blockquote>
<br /><br />
The book goes on describing some ways of thinking about how you should discuss problems with your client, boss, etc… and gives you a few methods of figuring out all the possible responses that they could come up with. Giving someone productive options towards helping resolve an issue rather than just a reason for it… anyways, it’s a good start off to the book.
<br /><br />
<blockquote>
Invest Regularly in Your Knowledge Portfolio
</blockquote>
<br /><br />
Like most of you who came (or are going) to the Rails world, for me, diving into <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">RubyOnRails</a> was a decision that I made several months ago to branch out beyond my <span class="caps">PHP</span>, Perl, Python skill set. I was finding that the <span class="caps">PHP</span> work that I was doing was becoming stale. I was re-using libraries that I had built in the past, was trying to figure out ways to speed up my development work, was re-using code without duplication… but it seemed to have lost it’s novelty. I was growing old of building simple <span class="caps">CRUD</span> applications, was trying to build a generator for forms that worked from my postgresql databases. One day, I noticed the term ‘Rails’ in my <span class="caps">RSS</span> Reader. I looked, oh… Ruby, who uses that anyways? I didn’t give it much thought… a learning curve… that I didn’t feel like I had the time to invest.
<br /><br />
Another few months ago, and I find myself reading the first ONLamp article… wow, it looks even more interesting all of a sudden. So, I give it a try…. four months later, I find myself writing a book about it.
<br /><br />
This year, I am heavily investing into my programming career. I think that a lot of people are doing that (especially in the Rails community). What better time than now?
<br /><br />
Take the first step:
<br />
<b>gem install rails</b></p>