document.write('\x3cmeta http-equiv=\x22x-dns-prefetch-control\x22 content=\x22off\x22/\x3e\x3col class=\x22tumblr_posts\x22\x3e\x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eProgramming Ruby\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eI have dedicated several hours per day this week to learning \x3ca href=\x22http://ruby-lang.org\x22\x3eRuby\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0using the Pragmatic Programmer\x26#8217;s \x3ca href=\x22http://pragprog.com/book/ruby/programming-ruby\x22\x3eProgramming Ruby\x3c/a\x3e as my guide. It\x26#8217;s dense with programming terms right from the start. The authors waste no time at getting to the core of Ruby, which ain\x26#8217;t no walk in the park. It has been a challenge for me to absorb quickly - I am only 67 pages in.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eEven so, I am determined to learn this stuff. I have spent several years in the web design/development space and feel limited by what I can do without a real understanding of any programming language. While much of the beginner stuff (like basic types, low-level methods and control structures, etc.) makes sense to me, much more does not. I have spent 30 minutes on one page trying to absorb what\x26#8217;s being said. Hours later, after walking away and thinking about it, the material starts to make sense.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eI won\x26#8217;t learn everything I need to know to be a professional programmer when I read the last page of this book. The real learning will come when I start applying the stuff I take away from this book to projects that mean something to me.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a\x3c/ol\x3e');