Ruby Course Graduates: PARTICIPATE, SHARE and DISCUSS
By Satish Talim
PARTICIPATE, SHARE and DISCUSS: Certificates are awarded to participants who have consistently participated in the forums and quizzes, shared their code and knowledge and took active part in all the discussions.
FORPC101-7C: 7th Batch Graduates - 6th Sept. to 31st Oct. 2008
Adnan Abbas - Malaysia
"When I subscribed for this course I did not realize that it will be that demanding in terms of your time. But I knew I had to put in a lot of time every week (10 hours+) to be active on the forums and do all my exercises / quizzes. In the end, it was really fun learning Ruby with all the Asst. Teachers and Satish helping and guiding you. I am glad that I took this course and would like to continue advancing my skills in Ruby and Ruby on Rails ultimately. An advice to new subscribers, please do not consider this course easy in any way, but once you put in the effort and time it is certainly worth it."
Akhilesh Bangalore - India
"I am a student of Computer Science and Engineering and a kind of person who has an affinity towards new programming techniques. I had heard about Ruby many a times at conferences, in newsletters, PC guides so on, but never had an opportunity to have a platform to take off, inorder to explore Ruby. Your course has provided all that is required to know what kind of a language Ruby is and how powerfully one can use it. I am very much honored for having the opportunity to participate in a constructive course suitable for every aspiring programmer."
Barrie Hill - Australia
"Thanks Satish, for making this course available. I have participated in quite a number of courses over the last few years from computer based training to instructor led in a class room. The FORPC101 - Core Ruby Programming course I have just completed is the best study format I have participated. The course being paced over a number of weeks is much easier to absorb than sitting in a classroom for a week. The dedicated band of assistant instructors form all around the world make all the difference. Access to people who provide help with problems when asked is invaluable. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn Ruby."
Felipe Ureta - Ecuador
"I love the approach the course has. It is truly effective the way you learn, by sharing code and discusing each topic; you get an insight that you won't get just by reading the material and studying by your self. The teachers are great and they go a long way to make you understand, in a friendly way, your misconceptions and what you are doing wrong. You get the oportunity to see different answers for the same problem from your classmates and compliment each others knowledge. I can safely say that you learn as much from your classmates as from your teachers. Best online course ever."
FORPC101-6C: 6th Batch Graduates - 5th July to 29th Aug. 2008
Bernie Loriaga - Philippines
"Satish thank you for this Ruby free online course, I really learned and enjoyed this course. Programing is what I wanted to learn for a long time and this was made possible by your online Ruby course. Hope this online course will stay longer to help other people who want to learn Ruby programing. I would also like to say thank you to all the assistant teachers."
Carlan Calazans - Brazil
"Most people start to study the Ruby programming language because of the Rails Framework, me included. But when you start doing some things, I believe that no one can escape from this passion, programming in Ruby. We are not programming, most of the time, we are having fun and chatting with the Ruby Interpreter (MRI). I have to say, that this is the best online course on Ruby. It's up to you to understand all the content, you will learn even from your mistakes. The assistant teachers and Satish are great, thanks a lot for all help."
Courtney Jones House - USA
"Satish, thank you for everything. I have truly enjoyed the course and am really looking forward to the advanced class. The weekly lessons were laid out in an understandable and digestible order and format and the weekly excercises really put to the test what we had learned from the lessons. The interactions between the students and the teachers always took what I learned to the next level."
David Miller - USA
"I really enjoyed the Ruby course you provided. The course was well done, and my fellow students were quite talented and helpful. I also want to thank the instructors that helped us with our lessons. The course helped me fill in a lot of gaps in my knowledge of Ruby. I look forward to taking further courses from your site."
FORPC101-3: 3rd Batch Graduates - 7th Jan. to 6th Apr. 2008
Al Snow - U.S.A.
"After learning about Ruby at 2006 NFJS conference, I bought books, subscribed to Ruby/Rails podcasts, and attended Atlanta Ruby user group, but did not spend much time learning or using the language. When I saw the course announcement this January (2008), I knew the structure of a class would help me, so I signed up immediately. This is much more than a course - this is a "open-source" community of sharing regular training material/exercises/quizzes and of contributing to each other learning through blogs, wikis, forums, and emails."
Jose Carlos Monteiro - Portugal
"I've learned Pascal, C, LISP, C++, Java and other languages while I was at the University. When I started working I had to learn - on the job training - Delphi, and from then on I realized that most programming languages are more or less easy to learn if one invests time and has a book or some source of information to get started. This way I've learned Perl, PHP, PL/SQL and a small set of others. But in doing so I never really felt that I had properly learned about each one. And I was afraid that the same thing would happen to me while learning by following online books, articles and other references. Until... until I stumbled on a link that pointed out to a Free Online Course for Ruby. This course is about participation and sharing, to which I add "discuss" as well."
Matheus Ricardo Uihara Zingarelli - Brazil
"This course not only taught me how to code in Ruby but also taught me how to ENJOY the art of coding. Our professor, Satish Talim, helped us every time we needed help, gave us links, reading material, fast answers in the forums and so much more. Talking about the forums, they were the best part for me: lots of people, different experiences, doing the same course, sharing code and comments, having fun, helping others... it was really, really good!"
Satoshi Asakawa - Japan
"This Free Online Ruby Programming Course is the world's best way to learn Ruby programming and English at the same time. If you'll jump into this small Ruby community, I promise that you will improve your Ruby and English ability and get many friends from all over the world too. Ruby is a magic word. Let's enjoy Ruby programming!"
This page shows selected testimonials from various batches. The course has helped over 45,000 programmers worldwide learn Ruby programming.