Learning Ruby helped me become a better programmer in other languages (learning any language generally accomplishes this). I’m not a huge fan of Ruby, because I feel that there are language design flaws that prevent it from being appropriate on large applications, but the Rails framework is easily the best web framework I’ve ever used. Ruby is decent, Rails is great.
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6. learn spring
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How I did it: Basically we found a nice dance studio that didn't mind the fact that I have no dancing ability whatsoever.We went once a week, usually at night, and had private instruction with a teacher. He watched us dance and told us what to work on.In the end, we pulled it off pretty well, got a lot of compliments about our dance at the wedding. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Took a cruise, got brought to a bunch of islands in the Bahamas.The beaches at Half Moon Cay are the most beautiful I have ever seen in my life. The water there is so clear and blue, it literally feels like you're standing in a swimming pool. The sand is smooth, clean, and white. It was amazing. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Called a travel agent, told her my desired itinerary, she made it happen. Easy peasy.The goal of a cruise ship is to basically trap you on a boat, shovel free food in your mouth, and trick you into paying for everything else. Alcohol costs money, soda costs money, laundry costs money, entertainment costs money, tips cost money, activities cost money, and so on. I don't drink much, but the soda thing annoyed me (I pai… Read how I did it…
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Took a class that required learning C#. It’s an well-designed language, and it addresses a lot of flaws with Java. If I still used Windows, C# would be my language of choice for native application development.
linux definitely comes up short in a number of surprising areas (file networking being my primary problem), but just knowing I am free is nice. Go linux!
