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Edwin Castro
Courses Plus Student 24,037 PointsTracks v Library
Just a thought, If I wanted to learn the most out of a programming language, wouldn't going through the library of lets say Ruby be better than going through the Tracks of Ruby? Nothing against the tracks section on Treehouse I think it's great but I was just curious.
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Ali Amirazizi
16,087 PointsDepends on what you want to do. Let me give you an analogy. Would a medical student walk into a surgery room and ask "what is the purpose of all these tools, just give me the scalpel and let me learn surgery." If you want to become job ready, I recommend going through the tracks and seeing where Ruby fits in with other elements.
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 PointsEdwin
I must agree with Ali. The library allows you to choose what ever you want in that general topic. You could go to the Ruby library and choose what you want but if you want to learn Ruby from stage one, I would advise you to use the tracks. The tracks allow you to start from stage one and work your way up. The tracks were design to allow a student that knows nothing about a topic and gradually educates them. You can choose whatever difficulty you wish in the library, but if you want to learn a topic from start to finish (beginners to advance) I would advise the tracks. They are there to focus you on what you need to learn and when. I hope this helps.
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