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Ruby Railroad Blogpost: Name Those Classes Properly By Peter Dudek

Although it may not seem intuitive, Rails is very picky when it comes to how you name your files, specifically  when adding new classes within your app folder. Let's say you have a class that looks...

Peter Dudek providing us with an awesome little tidbit about controllers. 

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Yesterday we had the awesome pleasure to interview a current professional in the Ruby on Rails Industry. As our first interview in the Ruby on Rails Innovators community we spoke with the talented Peter Dudek. Peter is a RoR professional who has recently (1 year) learned RoR and has turned his enjoyment of the learning process and the RoR online communities into his current profession. Peter also has plans to be one of the many contributors to the world of RoR. He has also created a blog rubyrailroad.com, documenting "A web developer's programming adventures in Ruby on Rails". Peter talks with us about how he got his start with the Ruby language and his road map from learning Ruby, to landing a new career and deciding to master the language for his own endeavors.

Peter gives us a great insight into how he has transitioned into his new career path with Ruby on Rails. The interview is informational for anyone in the software/web development industry who may have an interest or questions about Ruby on Rails and have thought about maybe becoming a RoR professional. 

@RoRinnovators is dedicated to creating an authentic and resourceful community of talent in the Ruby on Rails industry. This interview is the first of many we hope to bring to the already vast community of Ruby on Rails users, fans, and professionals. Enjoy.

Check out Peter's Twitter and Blog:

@dudekpj

www.rubyrailroad.com

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After clicking through some of my daily feeds of articles, I stumbled across this article I thought was worth sharing. It touches on the idea of "Captology," a term coined by the author B.J. Fogg. His book, which the article mentions briefly, explains the term as an amalgam of the phrase "computers as persuasive technologies." The whole idea behind captology and it's relation to learning programming is interesting to say the least. Rubymonk, the online interactive Ruby tool is using the theory in their teaching techniques. They have taken persuasion to an almost subliminal level and integrated it throughout the process of the tutorial. Take a look at the article if it sounds interesting to you. For anyone looking to learn Ruby, I would recommend the tutorial just for their application of positive persuasion.