Maybe it’s out of boredom or just out of the desire to do something new, but I always feel the need to constantly be in a state of learning.
One of my latest endeavors is Ruby on Rails. A programming language for the web. I didn’t jump on the Rails train immediately, mostly because of a lack of time. Now however, I’m making time. I’ve been going through some great tutorials via pod and screencast from the guys over at BuildingWebApps.com, Michael Slater and Christopher Haupt. I also just picked up the latest Rails book from Sitepoint.com, Simply Rails 2 by Patrick Lenz which walks through how to build a digg.com replica site.
One of the things I’m enjoying about Rails is the simplicity and speed with which an application can get off the ground and running. When I first started learning PHP, it seemed like it was so complicated to get everything set up and begin coding. I guess compared to Rails, PHP is more complicated.
The nice thing about learning Rails is that I’m doing it with my friend Brian. We’re both diving into it and getting our hands dirty, presumably to be a formidable Rails development team able to tackle any challenge that comes our way. We already have a project on the horizon which is motivating too.
So onward and upward, I keep going forward always with a need to learn.
