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Ruby

Posted by James McGuire
James McGuire
1,165 Points

What language to do next

Understand the basics of Java but there is no track for this. I wanted to learn both Ruby and JS. Which one would be a better start. I know that is like asking do I take French or Italian.

5 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

the ruby tutorials are probably the most difficult on treehouse. Lots of command line use, unfamiliar concepts, automated testing. I learned a lot from them, but it was a pretty grueling experience. Huge project as well compared to some of the others on here. If I were to do things over again I would do JS, then PHP, then ruby.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> I would do JS, then PHP, then ruby.

Sounds about right.

Paul Graham
Paul Graham
1,396 Points
Paul Graham
Paul Graham
1,396 Points

Trying to be a web developer without knowing JS is like trying to be in international business without knowing English.

John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

This is very true :D

Adam Sackfield
PLUS
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points
Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

I would say Ruby but you would need some knowledge of HTML and CSS. I started Ruby and it blew my mind. Ensure you use Ruby 1.9.3 and Rails 3.2.x if you follow the videos on here. Good luck with your learning

Ken Amoke
Ken Amoke
273 Points

Hi How long has it taken you to accumulate those much points,I have started with html and css,am just trying my best to get to know how to do coding,am pretty green on all these things,am hoping to get along well.

Paulo Aguiar
Paulo Aguiar
14,120 Points
Paulo Aguiar
Paulo Aguiar
14,120 Points

Personally I would pick JS over ruby, because every site uses it.

James McGuire
James McGuire
1,165 Points
James McGuire
James McGuire
1,165 Points

Thank you for the information.