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Programming Challenge for Newbies in Clojure and Python too?

2010/09/01
By Satish Talim
Programming Challenge for Newbies in Clojure and Python too?

Programming Challenge for Newbies in Clojure and Python too? RubyLearning has been conducting the monthly Ruby Programming Challenge for Newbies for over a year now and so far 12 challenges have been completed. The 13th challenge is in progress. All this was possible due to the extensive support we got from Rubyists across the...
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RPCFN: Economics 101 (#13)

2010/08/31
By Satish Talim
RPCFN: Economics 101 (#13)

Ruby Programming Challenge For Newbies RPCFN: Economics 101 (#13) By Dr. Bruce Scharlau About Dr. Bruce Scharlau In Dr. Bruce’s own words: “I’ve been using and teaching Ruby since trying out the cookbook example in the summer of 2006. As soon as I saw how much easier it all was with Ruby and Rails,...
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Ruby Programming and Education: A Match Made in Heaven

2010/08/11
By Satish Talim
Ruby Programming and Education: A Match Made in Heaven

Ruby Programming and Education: A Match Made in Heaven Ruby programming has received much attention in the past decade or so, especially with the advent of Ruby on Rails in 2005. While the blogosphere is abuzz with the latest on Ruby, let’s ask ourselves how, exactly, Ruby programming is conducive to an educational environment....
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Do YOU want us to continue with the Ruby Challenge for Newbies?

2010/08/08
By Satish Talim
Do YOU want us to continue with the Ruby Challenge for Newbies?

Do YOU want us to continue with the Ruby Challenge for Newbies? RubyLearning has been conducting the monthly Ruby Programming Challenge for Newbies for over a year now and so far 11 challenges have been completed. The 12th Challenge is in progress. All this was possible due to the extensive support we got from...
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Clojure for Beginners Course – 2nd Batch Announced

2010/08/04
By Satish Talim
Clojure for Beginners Course – 2nd Batch Announced

Introducing an intensive, online course for beginners that helps you get started with Clojure programming. What’s Clojure? According to Wikipedia: “Clojure is a modern dialect of the Lisp programming language. It is a general-purpose language supporting interactive development that encourages a functional programming style, and simplifies multithreaded programming. Clojure runs on the Java Virtual...
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RPCFN: Cycle Tracks (#12)

2010/07/30
By Satish Talim
RPCFN: Cycle Tracks (#12)

Ruby Programming Challenge For Newbies RPCFN: Cycle Tracks (#12) By David Griffiths Today, we complete one year of Ruby Programming Challenge for Newbies. RubyLearning is grateful to all the Ruby experts and participants who have actively helped make these challenges interesting and popular. About David Griffiths In David’s own words: “I’m an agile developer,...
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Clojure: A Chat with Andrew Boekhoff

2010/07/29
By Satish Talim
Clojure: A Chat with Andrew Boekhoff

In this brief interview, Satish Talim of RubyLearning talks to Andrew Boekhoff, author of CongoMongo, a toolkit for using MongoDB with Clojure. Satish>> Welcome Andrew and thanks for taking out time to share your thoughts. What programming languages have you used seriously? Andrew>> Seriously: Ruby and Clojure. Less Seriously: C, C++, Java and now:...
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Clojure Tips from the Experts

2010/07/25
By Satish Talim
Clojure Tips from the Experts

RubyLearning wrote to a lot of experts, gathering their best tips on Clojure. The tips are still coming in, but here are some to get you started with. Feel free to add your own tips in the comments section or send the same to satishtalim gmail.com. Enjoy! Antonio Cangiano Find him on Twitter....
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Popular Posts on Clojure from RubyLearning

2010/07/23
By Satish Talim
Popular Posts on Clojure from RubyLearning

Many Rubyists today are talking about and exploring Clojure and I wanted to share a list of some popular posts on Clojure from RubyLearning. Enjoy!Rich Hickey Stuart Halloway Michael Fogus Amit Rathore Andrew Boekhoff Clojure Tips from the Experts....
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ROR based websites made by Indian companies

2010/07/17
By Satish Talim
ROR based websites made by Indian companies

As a sequel to my post Indian Ruby on Rails Portfolio, I am compiling a list (in alphabetical order of company names) showcasing ROR based websites made by Indian companies. I’ll be updating this page from time to time. If you are the owner / developer of such a website(s), then I would appreciate...
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