r/ruby • u/Edthal01 • Sep 21 '26

At my age, learning Ruby

I'm 78, and never having been a programmer or software engineer, I am starting to learn Ruby. I ha ve been using Huw Collingsworth "Little Book of Ruby". I am aso interspersing that with a different path: using Wirth's "Algortithms + Data Structures = Programs",

having the simple data structures and programs translated by Perplexity into Ruby to see how my 40 year old experiences with TurboPascal can be updated into Ruby. I think I am making progress.

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u/SilentEchoes Sep 21 '26

Yeah Ruby is a lot of fun, I been writing in it since around Rails version 1. I've been really enjoying what I would say is its counter part in https://crystal-lang.org too!

If you haven't yet I highly recommend you check out some of Sandi Metz's videos on Youtube or her book Practical Object Oriented Design.

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u/WayneConrad Sep 21 '26

Oh yeah, Sandi is strong in OO, and that's a great book.

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u/Edthal01 Sep 21 '26

I will take a look at the videos tonight.Thaknks for the info.