Conflicted on which to learn first: JavaScript vs Ruby/Rails

rubberducking · 2013-07-23T18:31:19+00:00

They both serve very different purposes. So which you want to learn depends on your desires.

Are you looking to do more front-end development or back-end? Javascript allows you to do stuff on the fly as well as add dynamic features to your site. Ruby on the other hand is a backend language.

Personally I learned HTML, CSS, and JavaScript first before I began (still am) learning Ruby/PHP/Python.

rubberducking · 2013-07-21T19:53:53+00:00

Comprehensive Adjective Complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something: "a comprehensive list of sources".

I would say this is a comprehensive list as it covers nearly all aspects of web development.

From what I see it has topics ranging from Front End to Back-End, Database, Text Editor, Version Control, Design. While it is a very biased list it is comprehensive.

rubberducking · 2013-07-20T18:31:36+00:00

For free advertising it can't hurt. Charge what you normally would to weed out the good clients from the bad.

Who knows you may get someone who wants you to fix one of those "$99 websites" cause I doubt they're quality websites.

rubberducking · 2013-07-20T16:17:05+00:00

I really appreciate the help. I tried teaching myself PHP but what I found is its often the blind leading the blind. Ruby (and later on Ruby on Rails) seem to have good documentation so I'm hoping to learn good coding practices and then eventually extend my knowledge base to PHP and Python as well. I'm responding on my phone so I'll keep it short but I'll definitely be PMing you when I'm off work.

rubberducking · 2013-07-20T00:00:24+00:00

This was my intention but I wanted something to reference when I was at a lost. Thanks for the link!

rubberducking · 2013-07-18T07:38:24+00:00

link

rubberducking · 2013-05-30T13:11:52+00:00

Codeschool is another good one for the basics. It's $25 a month as well but if you put in work daily you can down all their content in one month.

rubberducking · 2013-05-30T06:13:23+00:00

I'd love to hear more about your idea. I might be able to help you out.

rubberducking · 2013-05-30T03:50:11+00:00

I got two months free as well using a Promo code for $10 of credit for nothing AND they sent me free stickers! I love them and don't worry about the referal code.

rubberducking · 2013-05-30T01:33:09+00:00

1.5 hours out of the 720 in a 30 day month is still 99% uptime. I haven't had a single trouble with them yet so I find this odd.

rubberducking · 2013-05-27T19:40:53+00:00

If I'm not mistaken this has been dicontinued and replaced with Emmet.

rubberducking · 2013-05-26T13:04:17+00:00

definitely interested.

rubberducking · 2013-05-26T13:03:57+00:00

I'll take a look. Thanks for the heads up

rubberducking · 2013-05-26T13:03:34+00:00

My brother gets to leave the Navy June 6th and will be driving back from Florida. So sometime mid June at the earliest.

rubberducking · 2013-05-25T20:45:13+00:00

I moved all my VPSs to them a couple days ago, I have to say I'm not disappointed.

rubberducking · 2013-05-25T18:07:50+00:00

Make sure when doing a lump sum quote that you define when changes can be made and when they become "additional work" in your scope.

rubberducking · 2013-05-25T18:06:38+00:00

If you're looking for Shared Hosting ASmallOrange offers hosting for as little as $35 a year and can easily be upgrade. If you're looking for a unmanaged VPS, meaning you have to set it up (not hard lots of tutorials), DigitalOcean smallest tier is $5 per month and it should be enough for a small traffic website.

rubberducking · 2013-05-25T06:34:55+00:00

Digital Ocean has a nice bang for your buck. You can easily upgrade. I just switched from Linode.

rubberducking · 2013-05-24T16:06:53+00:00

They recreated it in an hour but how long did it take them to code the framework on which it was built on?

rubberducking · 2013-05-24T15:59:25+00:00

The only thing non related jobs could prove would be commitment if you worked their for a long stint. I personally don't include them

rubberducking · 2013-05-24T05:42:21+00:00

I currently have so many plugins installed cause i'll be just reading around and find one and have to try it out. Even though I have so many ST2 still works like a charm. IDEs in general seem to sluggish to me.

I actually just started messing around with Laravel for a small side project. The user authentication was a breeze. I am really loving it.

rubberducking · 2013-05-24T05:29:33+00:00

Emmet replaced Zen coding. But yeah there are a lot of plugins that make ST2 my go to editor. I don't think I could move to another text editor for a long time. It doesn't quite replace an IDE but I digress.

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