I feel very stupid after this course.

Hey Jonathan,

I felt the same way after this course. It was a while ago, but I did feel a bit discouraged. But rather than beat myself up, I just figured that Ruby and I were not meant to be. I have since focused more on the front-end development as well as PHP (which I enjoy) and databases.

Maybe one day I will give Ruby another go, but for now I will stick with what I like and enjoy.

If Ruby is something you absolutely want to do, I would recommend try different resources and then coming back to Treehouse. Codecademy and Code School both offer Ruby and Ruby on Rails courses. I didn't find them as good as Treehouse, but they did help with a different perspective and approach to the language.

I started with them, but then moved to the much better format that is Treehouse. However, what I learned there was of a great advantage in learning here.

So, if you're not set on a particular language, give some of the other a try and see if they 'click' more for you than Rails did. Like I said Ruby and I ... not a good match, but PHP and databases... we get along just fine.

Good Luck and KEEP CODING! :)

Hi Jonathan,

I also felt a bit stumped when I first got to this part of the Rails track. I decided to take a break from Treehouse and try another resource before coming back. I'm currently working my way through Michael Hertl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial. So far it's great! I highly recommend it. (By the way the online version of the book is in fact free.)

Good luck to you in your learning!

Hi. I have felt this way since halfway throughout the course, which led me to finish it a couple months later than i would have wanted. so treehouse, if you are listening, i would not recommend this course to anyone. The course would massively be improved for me if there would be links to the bloody documentation for all the new commands they use. i can't say this course has given me confidence and i still have no idea if i can code a site but i will try this next.

Hi Jonathan, its nearly 2 am here and I'm ripping my copied and pasted code from the course apart using pock guides and other resources. I feel the same as you on this one, its sometimes just typing with the instructors without actually grasping whats going on. Not sure where this leaves me / us ...

I'm glad I'm not alone. I was flying through the Rails Development track and was very excited to have finally gotten to this course. Soon after it began, I started feeling so incredibly dumb. Everything leading up to this course sank in. I had a few bumps on the way and was constantly pausing, going back ,etc. But at least I felt like I had some understanding of what I was doing and why, rather than just copying the words. It would be nice if the instructor explained how to read the errors. I felt completely lost and asked my friend for help. I'm still lost and I think I'll be moving on and maybe revisit it. But for now, I will try some of the links shared in these posts.

Good tip, thanks Alex / Jason. I just stated the Rails track today - lets see how it goes. So far so good. Will be going digging into the Odin project and Michael Hartl tutorials should I get stuck. I also have a Lynda account but their rails resources are really lacking.

Glad to see other people on here that feel the same way. I had high hopes for treehouse but do not think I will renew our membership.

FYI all - I have decided to move on from Treehouse for now. Their Rails content is just terrible compared to other providers. Still committed to become a Rubyist, just know for a fact Treehouse is not the solution here.