Choosing a Web Framework/Language Combo - Ruby On Rails

13 Jul 2014 • jacquesmattheij.com

Jacques Mattheij writing on his experience learning Ruby on Rails:

So far so good. One of the problems undoubtedly is that I’m a total noob to both ‘ruby’ and ‘rails’, but I suspect I’m not the only person that finds this tutorial as their first point of contact. And I just can’t get over how frustrating this whole experience is. It’s like being a failed Harry Potter, you’re being told to use all these spells that are supposed to have some magic effect, only they don’t and throw back errors at you all the time implicating you’re the one doing something wrong. And then after consult it always turns out that the spells you were given were wrong. Really annoying.

Is learning Ruby on Rails truly this hard as a noob? I kind of remember it being a happy, magical time in my life… but perhaps I’m repainting those memories with a rose colored brush?