Challenges

The challenges I face learning Ruby, are maintaining an income and running my business while learning Ruby.

I run a house painting, pressure washing, deck staining business over at:  www.powerwashblacksburg.com.

The business is physically exhausting.  By the time evening rolls around, finding the energy to focus on this is tough :-)

Updated Ruby Version

After some trial and error, I updated Ruby to 2.5.1 and verified that it was installed using the Terminal command:  ruby -v.

Learning the Command Line

After hunting around for a few days, I found Zed Shaw's Command Line Crash Course.  I've gone through parts of this couse a few times, but inevitably I seem to get away from it because of my work.

I'll record my progress here and stay accountable.

Derek Sivers has an interesting post Memorizing A Programming Language Using Spaced Repetition Software.  I've installed Anki flashcard software on my MacBook Pro and will be filling out my flashcards with the Command Line Course.

I installed Ruby and Rails on my computer.  It took me about three hours to go through this process.  I also worked through the first four lessons of Zed Shaw's Command Line Crash Course.

Learning to Code

I am following Joshua Kemp's approach to learning to code:  No Degree, No Problem.  I intend to record my progress in the weeks and months to come!