The end of this week has been spent going through introductory Ruby tutorials. It’s been a lot of fun to see the parallels between JavaScript and Ruby. I’ve always heard that syntax between languages doesn’t differ much, and this is proving it. Plus, Ruby simplifies so much of what JavaScript can do away with. Every language has its nuances I guess.
One website in particular challenged me (not sure if it was the style or the problems). I’m glad that it pushed me though. It’s going to be the only way that I get up to speed with web development. I should probably even revisit the tutorial and do the problems over again when I have the chance. Right now though, the Odin Project moved onto testing with RSpec.
It’s a super introductory teaser into the world of Test Driven Development (TDD), but perfect for getting your feet wet. A lot of the Web Dev 101 track is just giving you a taste of web development so you know what you’re in for. And hopefully pushing me enough to the point where I can start to build full fledged rails projects after I’m done.
We’ll see how much more coding I get done through this weekend since I’m up in Tahoe. I would love to get a couple hours in here or there, but it might just not be feasible. In other news, I also heard back about the IT Project Management role. Good news, I landed the role! I guess I better get used to squeezing in time coding when I can since the job will be full time.
I’ll update again soon about the new gig and any time I spend coding.