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Ruby

Posted by Nicolas Philemotte
Nicolas Philemotte
382 Points

What to start with : Ruby or Ruby On Rails ?

Hi everyone !

I am really new here so I'm starting to become familiar with everything. I was just wondering whether it was necessary to follow the Learn Ruby track before following the Ruby On Rails track or if both could be followed simultaneously ? What would be the most efficient approach ?

Thanks for your help !

4 Answers

Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points
Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points

You should start learning with the Ruby programming language as Rails is the framework. If you jump in Ruby On Rails first, you may get confused by the Ruby syntax. I recommend getting started with Ruby first.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

I agree with Tony. Do all the Ruby stuff first, then get into the Rails framework. It's quite a ride!!

Steve.

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

Learn ruby first then rails.

You'll realize all programming languages are similar. Pretty soon you'll be doing python and javascript. LOLs.

Nicolas Philemotte
Nicolas Philemotte
382 Points
Nicolas Philemotte
Nicolas Philemotte
382 Points

Thanks for your replies !