[Year 12 IT Apps] Anyone using Ruby for IT at Year 12/11

[Ciotti, George W]

Hi Laurie,

That's why I referred to it as an "environment". In any case, having looked further into it, it would be something I would introduce at year 10 level before attempting to introduce it to senior IT classes. And given that Ruby is listed in SD it seems worthwhile to learn the language in a PD sense.

Thanks for the clarification

Cheers
George

The University High School
77 Story Street, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia
Ph: (03) 9347 2022
mobile: 0412934782


From: "Savage, John L" <savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au>>
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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:17:42 +0000
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Anyone using Ruby for IT at Year 12/11

Sorry, I’m going to be a pedant here!

Ruby is NOT Ruby on Rails.
Ruby on Rails uses Ruby as its language, but is a development framework for rapid development of applications.
Ruby is a language akin to Perl – with all the strange tokens that made Perl brilliant and annoying.

Sorry to be bothersome!

Laurie Savage

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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Anyone using Ruby for IT at Year 12/11

Hi,
I was just wondering whether anyone is or has used Ruby? More commonly known as Ruby on Rails or just Rails. It seems like an interesting environment that could be used in ITA and ITSD. I am currently learning the language and even from the early stages of the tutorials it seems a very good fit for senior IT classes.

Thanks in advance

George

The University High School
77 Story Street, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia
Ph: (03) 9347 2022
mobile: 0412934782


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