ruby-science VS learn-ruby

So, bigger is worse, but how big is bad? At what number should you take action? Thoughtbot's Ruby Science book suggests a method is long or complex with a flog score above 10. It also posits that a class is long or complex with a flog score above 50.

Ruby Science - it's a free book by thoughtbot. It might be the most short term beneficial thing honestly. It just points out all of these various practical patterns you can immediate use to increase code quality.

I think you would appreciate Ruby Science. I love this book, it's extremely practical.

Well, if you're programming in Ruby, a great place to start is the Ruby Science book by ThoughtBot. It's a bottom-up approach to improving your code by identifying code smells and applying OO principles to fix them. Identifying smells in your own code will lead you to the OO principles that you need to learn to build your OO skills.

Read Ruby science to learn about code smells and good architecture.

It's a bit more advanced, but I like Ruby Science by thoughtbot.

Check out Ruby Science by Thoughtbot which I found useful at your stage.

Code smells. Ruby science is a good one for Ruby.

Currnetly reading ruby science. 200+ page guide on code smells and solutions.

This book is old but it's still very relevant https://github.com/thoughtbot/ruby-science. Also check out thoughtbot's blog and www.gorails.com

Alright, first things first: Ruby itself. You can't even think about Rails if your Ruby skills aren't up to par. It's like trying to build a house without a solid foundation. You need to know the basics: syntax, data structures, and object-oriented programming. If you skip this, you'll be lost when things get complex. Seriously, spend time here. It will pay off. There are tons of free resources online, so no excuses! You can even build a web server from scratch to test your knowledge.

More consistent learning. The job search also gave me a chance to get back to my Ruby/web development learning roadmap. I realized that at my last job, I wasn't consistently spending time improving my skills, outside of whatever I might (if I was lucky) be learning in work projects. It's just hard to fight against the pressure of the day-to-day work. Here are some approaches that I'll try this time around: Disregard immediate applicability and learn something I'm interested in for the sake of expanding my mind. Right now that's learning functional programming. Learn actively, whether by contributing to Exercism's Ruby track, building a collection of Ruby code katas, or maybe even creating a text-based game.

Beyond these basics, I've put together a list of my favorite Ruby/Rails learning resources.

I made the Git list by (1) scouring the Web for recommended resources, then (2) trying out each one to see if it would be worth going through to the end. In case you're curious about which resources didn't make the cut, here's the commit where they are removed.

As a guide to my reflections today, I'll use my "Learning Ruby" roadmap, which originally arose out of the chaos of my bookmark hell, where I was having trouble keeping track of the actually important learning resources. The roadmap worked well for me and eventually I put it up on GitHub because making it public gives me more motivation to keep making progress.

For me, Ruby was a great choice for a career change. I used to be a teacher until I quit in 2020, then over the next 1.5 years I studied and practiced part-time, while working full-time in a remote customer support job. Ever since I started learning Ruby, I've saved my favorite learning resources here: https://github.com/fpsvogel/learn-ruby. Many of them are free.

So I've set out to explore the problem of organizing business logic from more angles than before, using the resources listed below. These lists are excerpted from my "Learning Ruby" road map which I often update, so you may want to find these lists there if this post is old at the time of your reading it. The sections corresponding to the lists below are, at the time of writing, "Rails architecture" and "Rails codebases".

For more resources, here's my list of my favorites: https://github.com/fpsvogel/learn-ruby

I'll tell my story and you can decide if it resonates with you at all. Also these might help you: my Ruby roadmap (favorite learning resources), and my blog post "How to find your first Rails job".

I've made a big list of my favorite learning resources, but here are some possible first steps: