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The problem with starting

Posted on June 6, 2018 by christine

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sometimes there is just so much information and resources that making the first step takes a long time to decide, just because you don’t where to start.  There are so, so, so many free amazing resources for learning ruby that I keep on getting distracted jumping from one to the other.  Today did not feel…

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A new day, a new wordpress theme

Posted on June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 by christine

Reading Time: < 1 minute I’m not only new to ruby, macOS, but also to WordPress. Since at my new workplace, WordPress is kinda a big thing, I knew that I needed to learn this too. I am still trying to get a handle on themes and how to edit the look and feel of the website. I want to…

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Ruby Koans – Day 1 Progress

Posted on June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 by christine

Reading Time: < 1 minute Slow start at first, but I think I am picking up speed.  equals and == sucks, they mean the exact opposite that they do in Java.  Ruby, == is equivalence (.equals in Java), and use .equal? to check if the objects are the same (== in Java).  That’ll probably hang me up for a while. …

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Ruby Koans – Is this the path to Ruby enlightenment

Posted on June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 by christine

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ok going forward I am trying out iTerm for my terminal and Visual Studio Code for my editor. Don’t know if these are best practices or anything, but when I was trying to pull down code from GitHub in just the default MacOS Terminal, it felt clunky.  So I am running through the Ruby Koans…

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I’m starting a Ruby blog

Posted on June 4, 2018June 6, 2018 by christine

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s 2018 so it seems like a good time to start a blog.  That’s a thing still right? It must be if my default wordpress theme has it. So I find myself starting a new career. I did this to myself, so I only really have me to blame.  I am or I was a…

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C'est Moi! Christine

I’m Christine, an Omaha-based Ruby programmer who is attempting to switch my mind from Java to Ruby.

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