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Kamal Nassouh
3,547 Pointswhat type of code/programming should I use ?
Hello there!
I have decided to take on a project at work for designing an application for college students, teachers and staff members - basically this application will enable students to login and view course information and important updates.
Secondly allow staff members and teachers to do a roll call and tick off waht courses have been completed.
I was thinking of using Ruby to do the above task any recommendations of any other programming languages that will do the job better or will ruby on rails suffice? i would like this to be a web app btw
Cheers,
8 Answers
Ashraf Ali
2,882 Pointsyou would be making a web application
Kamal Nassouh
3,547 PointsI am currently doing a track to learn Ruby.
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsBut did you have any other programming experience?
Assuming you are newbie with just HTML and CSS, learning Ruby on Rails will take you few months. So be patient.
Kamal Nassouh
3,547 PointsYep just HTML and CSS - and this project will be over a year to complete.
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsThen you should be okay!
Be patient when learning Ruby on Rails , as you need to know more than jsut Ruby on Rails to be able to do stuff in it.
Kamal Nassouh
3,547 Pointsdo you guys recommend Ruby ?
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsYes, its just the first steps are the hardest in Ruby on Rails :)
Treehouse was build in Ruby on Rails etc.. Ruby on Rails is taking the world now i think. PHP is good for WordPress and maybe the strong framewokrs like Larvel 5 .
With Ruby you can create mobile apps and websites .
Its easy and fast once you know it.
Ashraf Ali
2,882 Pointsokay in that case you will want to look over all the web application courses I think there's a topic or track on it
Kamal Nassouh
3,547 PointsThanks Konrad for the awesome response, currently doing the ruby on rails track. I just wanted to clarify I was on track :P
Grace Kelly
33,990 PointsYou can definitely make this project in ruby on rails, so you're on the right track by learning ruby :) I would also recommend looking at the console foundations course here at treehouse because you're going to be using the command line A LOT in rails (but don't let that scare you, rails is awesome!!)
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsI believe, new people learning it needs to persist long enough since theres console and Rails its self :D And understand what it does, google and pdf books can be useful sometiems.
Kamal Nassouh
3,547 PointsSounds good, I have a decent amount of experience with Linux if that helps :P
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsKonrad Pilch
2,435 PointsDo you know any programming languages?