8.3.11

The Team / Person / Require exercise

So far we have learned how to create classes, define methods, create variables that can be used by the methods, and create arrays.  The next thing I think is to get all these bits and pieces to talk to each other.  So we've made a person class that makes people, we've made a team.class that makes teams, but now we need to be able to make the put the people into the teams. So I finally think I've got my head around how this all could work.  I need to be able to pass an object I have created into a method that I have defined.  I was given that nugget a week ago but it sounded like swahili to me.  What a difference a week makes. :)

6.3.11

Installing Ruby Mine & Java SDK


I've run into some problems installing Ruby Mine. I had Netbeans installed but I uninstalled as our tutor has advised using Ruby Mine. So I fired ahead and installed Ruby Mine. I had previously installed Java SDK 6 and all seemed to be working fine.

5.3.11

SQL exercise

I'm uploading the details of how I completed our first SQL exercise.  It makes for some fairly boring reading, but I may have to refer back to it someday and will be glad I made it available here. 

4.3.11

Client Side Project

So if you've read my previous post (Server Side Project) I think you'll agree that this project doesn't look half so terrifying.  Although I'm in danger of eating my words, as we haven't had so much of a sniff at Javascripting yet!  So far we've looked at HTML and CSS, and I've felt confident in my abilities to keep up with the lectures. 

By the way the image is of an Electro Indie Pop Band called CSS (Cansei se der Sexy or Tired of Being Sexy” in Portugese).  They are from Sao Paulo in Brazil and they are F.A.B.

Server Side Project - Create an E-Commerce Web Application


So here it is the first project - As I work in theatre, and my job is to sell tickets, I'm thinking that this might be a good product to base my project on.  I've had a fair bit of experience working with various box office systems as a user, and I'm hoping that real-world experience will help me to imagine realistic requirements without too much difficulty, so I can spend my time grappling with the hard work ; actually implementing a solution.



Baby Steps to learning Ruby

I've taken the plunge and gone back to college.  I'm going to document my progress with my very first steps at learning to program.  The Course is Web Technologies. It conists of Client Side (html, css, javascript), Introduction to Web Technologies (a general overview and some SQL), and Server Side (Ruby, Rails).  Server Side is terrifying, and exciting in equal measure.  Our first project is to build an e-commerce web application using the rails framework. Currently I haven't an iota of how I'd even start to build this project, but I'm confident that over the coming weeks it will become clear, and I'm looking forward to building a whole range of new skills.
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