Any tips for learning and remembering Ruby syntax and logic?

Hi Jared,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts like you have. In all honesty, I felt exactly what you are feeling, and sometimes I still feel it.

I found learning Ruby really overwhelming sometimes. Nothing ever seemed to be sinking in, and a lot of it went over my head. It's one of the most disheartening things, because you really want to learn it, but you feel like perhaps your not intelligent enough, or your just not a natural programmer.

Well, no matter what anyone says, learning to program gets overwhelming. The early days of learning a language seems really easy. But then we often hit an invisible barrier where things get a lot more complicated and nothing ever seems like it's sinking in.

Trust me, you get past this threshold. I think I got past this barrier in Ruby about 2 months ago when I started learning Ruby almost a year ago. I am still learning even now by the way (although it is sinking in now).

My main advice that I could give, is never go over content just the once. Always revisit things. Start the Treehouse course from scratch if you need to. Even if you find that you know everything, it will help cement it in your memory.

Ever find that you watch a movie, but the second, third and even forth time you watch the same movie you start to pick up on new things? That's no different for Ruby, in fact, that's no different to anything in the world. Practice makes perfect.

It's really nice to read your opinions. It's always pleasant to know your not the only one out there having these problems.

Take it from me, your not alone. Keep up the good work and I hope one day I will see you telling your story in these forums.