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Ruby

Posted by Michael Duquet
Michael Duquet
4,703 Points

Whoa Slowwww Down

I'm really excited to learn programming (specifically Ruby) but the jump from Hashes to the Methods badge is insanely difficult. The videos are way too fast and he doesn't explain enough of what's going on before moving on.

It still hasn't been explained what the differential between a [ ], { } or ( ) is.

Am I the only one who feels the videos need to slow down just a tad, or should I have done another series before Ruby Foundations?

4 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I'd suggest you supplement your Treehouse learning with one of these introductory course's on Ruby.

Michael Gronski
Michael Gronski
2,948 Points
Michael Gronski
Michael Gronski
2,948 Points

The videos on Ruby do move a little quick for a person starting from the ground up. Albeit, pause / rewind, is very useful. If you had analytics on how often I have to rewind, you'd see I'm constantly hitting pause/refresh/play.

But these videos won't teach you everything you need to know, I would consider them more supplemental on getting you to where you need to be.

Devon Latzen
PLUS
Devon Latzen
Courses Plus Student 4,356 Points
Devon Latzen
Devon Latzen
Courses Plus Student 4,356 Points

Another great, comprehensive free resource: ruby.railstutorial.org. I'm using a mixture of that + Treehouse + Codecademy.

Lorinda Jackson
Lorinda Jackson
3,727 Points
Lorinda Jackson
Lorinda Jackson
3,727 Points

I went through the methods videos so many times also. Some of uour answers will come as you keep going. There's def some questions left unanswered that are frustrating and I have to search them. Now I'm hanging on procs and lambdas, looking for answers. I feel like I should write my own book one day to explain the little things no one touches on. The issue I have with looking for answers elsewhere is that the examples are completely different; adding new code I haven't learned yet; adding an incomplete answer still. Perhaps I should use the forum more often.