Submission + - New Ruby Environment for Beginners: Hackety Hack
Adrian Petrescu writes: "A few years ago, why the lucky stiff, of Ruby fame, published a famous essay lamenting the lack of an easy entry point for beginners into the world of programming, like the days of yore when anyone with a Commodore and a book could start playing around with interesting things.
In the intervening time, he has gone and done something about it. Introducing Hackety Hack, a simple Ruby-based environment that comes equipped with seven lessons (so far) that lead a beginner through the joys of programming the Ruby way. Lessons include building a chat client and a YouTube video downloader, all in an intuitive and easy-to-understand fashion.
Interestingly, why has been testing and tweaking it for several months with a small group of beginners (and their kids) to make sure it flows as nicely as he intended it to."
In the intervening time, he has gone and done something about it. Introducing Hackety Hack, a simple Ruby-based environment that comes equipped with seven lessons (so far) that lead a beginner through the joys of programming the Ruby way. Lessons include building a chat client and a YouTube video downloader, all in an intuitive and easy-to-understand fashion.
Interestingly, why has been testing and tweaking it for several months with a small group of beginners (and their kids) to make sure it flows as nicely as he intended it to."
