jethrokuan

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by jethrokuan 13y ago
Thanks everyone! I've tried doing it(amidst my school exams) but I think it doesn't quite drill into me best practices. I don't want to explore go and hack up something; I want to learn it once and learn it right. Any recommendation for thi
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Ask HN: How do you start learning Go?
3 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|3 comments
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
Just a question: what platform is this built on, and did you use any external library for infinite scrolling?
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Ask HN: How to pick up algorithm programming?
1 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|0 comments
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
When beginning learning RoR, look through Rails for Zombies ( http://railsforzombies.org ) and Try Ruby ( http://tryruby.org/levels/1/challenges/0 ) to get a feel of the new language. It's quite different from C/C++/Java. You'll get better
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
The error you get when you try to push to Heroku isn't one that suggest that Heroku is down. Took me a while to figure that Heroku is down (after many futile attempts I decided to try to create a new app instead but they this time said that
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Heroku Down Again(status.heroku.com)
19 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|5 comments
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
can't beat rvm. Run 3 commands and its done. Automated. Lazy people can just use the rails version preinstalled on macs (though that's like 2.something)
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
I do understand HTML, CSS and JS to some extent. You could take a look at the following a my friend and I (new to Rails) built using Ruby on Rails: http://supernotes.herokuapp.com/ for our school friends in a few days. It's still quite ba
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
Continuous releases for now, probably make it major releases soon ActiveRecord, Postgresql Database Git for version control Deployed to heroku (easy web deployment with just "git push heroku master")
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WWDC 2012 Keynote Video Now Available Online For Streaming(redmondpie.com)
1 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|0 comments
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Next-Gen MacBook Pro With Retina Display 2880 x 1800, Ivy Bridge i7(redmondpie.com)
1 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|0 comments
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Simperium(simperium.com)
2 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|0 comments
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
Wow tmuxinator seems like real time-saver. Thanks for the tip!
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
I've went through rails for zombies. Second thing i went through after poignant. Was following Nettuts suggested method: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ruby/the-best-way-to-learn... Incidentally I met Obie Fernandez in person :D at the
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
I'd second this, but it's difficult to follow it without the screencasts, that has to be purchased. I've been trying to follow the web version of this though. Not too bad. Was learning on version rails 3.1, but now that rails 3.2.5 is out t
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Ask HN: Best way to learn Ruby on Rails?
11 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|12 comments
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
I'm currently using a HTC Flyer. Kinda regretted it... Only drawback was the fact that the apps really kind of sucked. There's this really good (currently beta) app called "Write" though. Not sure if they'll be extending its consumer base a
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by jethrokuan 14y ago
I guess that makes sense. Been trying to revamp my coding environment, and decided to go with drbunsen's text triumvirate. http://www.drbunsen.org/text-triumvirate.html For now since I'm just working on a RoR app as a personal project, I
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Ask HN: why use tmux if iterm2 provides tabbed windows
2 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|4 comments
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The Text Triumvirate: Most Productive Programming Environment?(drbunsen.org)
15 points by jethrokuan 14y ago|0 comments