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rubyproblems.com is now live!

~2 years ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
Back on St. Patrick’s day, I had made the following plug about rubyproblems.com at the bottom of my last post: This site will provide realistic exercises...

If you want to see the wizard, go to Oz.

~2 years ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
Back in June of 2005, I booked a flight out to Oklahoma City, OK, but it might as well have been to Oz. I was off to see the wizard who had been teaching...

IDEA: Ruby Mendicant University

almost 2 years ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
UPDATE: You can donate now at Pledgie / I know this is early, but in the spirit of Ruby Mendicant, I’m looking for those trusting individuals who...

Ruby Mendicant University is a Go!

almost 2 years ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
Born less than 24 hours ago, my Ruby Mendicant University idea is already more than a third of the way to having its initial costs covered. In less than...

The Ruby Mendicant University Core Skills Course

over 1 year ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
For the tl;dr crowd, there are sixteen student projects and four sample exercises from the course towards the end of this document. The Original Idea Back...

Practicing Ruby, The Newsletter

over 1 year ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
Welcome, Hacker News folks. If you find the following project worthwhile, I’d really appreciate an up vote so that I can reach a broader audience...