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How I learned Ruby

Published Feb 16, 2018
How I learned Ruby

About me

Software Developer at Shopify

Why I wanted to learn Ruby

My motivation for learning Ruby is that my current role requires this language to be used for our project.

How I approached learning Ruby

Reading the most popular Ruby books, online videos, but MOST IMPORTANTLY doing small projects!

Challenges I faced

change of syntax from Java.

Key takeaways

Once I got some practise, I found out Ruby is really fun!

Tips and advice

Projects! Projects! Projects! Also, books are still a good source of knowledge

Final thoughts and next steps

Continue to master the language

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