I'm taking a short break from working on Rails projects to go back to learn more Ruby. As I am gaining a better understanding of the Rails framework, I need to go back and get really solid on Ruby. I think I'll understand it better now since I've been building stuff with Rails. I started reading Beginning Ruby by Peter Cooper (while I was getting my hair done). I am also working through Codeacademy's Ruby course at home. It's going good! Definitely breezing through it so far, whew. I'm glad to find that I've understood more Ruby than I thought.
I finished reading Practicing Rails by J. Weiss this morning. I enjoyed it since the book is kind of like a pep talk to keep you going when you are starting out doing Rails and following tutorials...but its not worth it at its current price of 29$. I think the price was too much for what the book offered.
I also downloaded Sublime Text 2. I've been using Atom (free) since I started coding and originally setup my dev environment, but I want to try out what else is out there. I customized the theme and font and some other options. Looking forward to trying it out more.
I'm still debating the online bootcamps. I emailed Tealeaf to see if they've had any success stories/students from the Netherlands and they didn't know of any. That was kinda disappointing for me. The core problem I have with the online bootcamps (besides the high cost) is getting the relevant mentorship that is going to help me get a job HERE. I'm ambitious; I have no problem putting in the hard work and to get better at this stuff. Yesterday, I stumbled upon a possible jr dev/internship position which I am extremely interested in, and I've applied for it... this would really be the ideal situation for me, but I will just have to wait and see.
