Learning Ruby the Language...On Code Academy

After the initial try ruby website, I was ready to get deeper into the code language that I feel will help me to incorporate my initial learnings that I have endured thus far. I am now working on the code academy... Code Academy-great resource for many languages.. I am trying to do a lot of the RUBY as well as the Python and PhP sections that they have included on the site. I feel this will give me a foundation for things to come. I am thinking about the app that I want to build. I have a few ideas but could welcome more if they were to happen into my inbox or comments. In the reading requirement for the exercises today, I encountered some bold text words and thought it would be to my best leaning abilities if I were to jot these down for future reference if needed.
In the Ruby Language, comments are designated by #- the pound sign, a shift of the 3. A good comment in any coding language not only clarifies your code for other people, but helps to remind you of what was really going on in your mind when the code was written. # should come before your comment and it affects anything you write after that as long as you put it on a single line. Multi line comments in the Ruby language  start on a single line [=begin] without the brackets, would begin your long comment and [=end] without the brackets would end your comment.
Ruby naming conventions as to not avoid confusion when you begin your transfer into the real world of coding.. the community appreciates when you start your variable names with lowercase words and separate words by underscores _ the shift of the dash.
In the Ruby language to call a method you simply do something like [deanna.length] < without the brackets, would return the number of letters in my name therefore the period before length is calling the method to do something with the string before it .
In the Ruby language  you can get your input by simply typing get.
In the following code:

print "What's your last name?"
last_name = gets.chomp
last_name.capitalize!
the get statement is taking the input from the line above and storing it into the last_name variable. The chomp part of the code simply removes blank lines or spaces that would be visible in the output . 

Definition of my Degree

Associate of Applied Science Degree 

Program Purpose : The Computer Information Systems Technology Internet Specialist Web Applications and Services Development program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and techniques required in computer information processing. Graduates are to be competent in the general areas of humanities or fine arts, social or behavioral sciences, and natural sciences or mathematics, as well as in the technical areas of computer terminology and concepts, program design and development, and computer networking. Program graduates are qualified for employment as E -Commerce web programmers.

The above is according to the Chattahoochee tech website. I have to say in the end when i get my degree I will have learned a good bit. Sad thing is will it be enough to continue on into the work force? I check indeed.com for job postings in areas and to my understanding there are quite a few skills in the technology world that I will not have in my tool-belt. Many jobs want you to understand Python, in combination with Django and or Ruby in combination with Rails.  I had the opportunity to be a part of the Rails Girls Atlanta workshop in May, 2013. Though I have been at Chattahoochee since fall of 2011 I never really could materialize in my mind what my actual job in the real world would be. I got a glimpse of what all my hard work was for. It is not in vain it seems. The technology community in the metro Atlanta area is overwhelmingly accepting. I have came in contact with 'nerdie'  types while at school , the members of the real world technology community are far more accepting and don't all stand around smoking cigarettes and bitching about the assignments. I found a class of people I didn't even know existed. The ladies that attended the workshop were from very different backgrounds and some had traveled a long way for the experience. The coaches were there to volunteer  time to help people learn for free.. It was an amazing group of people. The speeches were touching and more understanding and to the point than expected at a technology workshop. The different aspects of building a web application were explained. We got started on a tutorial Basic Ruby Tutorial We DId before we dove in. Some ladies had already completed it so they were already moving on to the meat and potatoes of the day... Building their app.information for this is found at . Rails Girls App Tutorial Be sure to set you up a Github account as well as get yourself some free time to practice your skill on The Engine Yard. 

The workshop was a blast the crew at BigNerdRanch went above and beyond the call of duty to make everyone feel welcomed. The event was sponsored by BigNerdRanch, as well as RocketWhale, a Ruby On Rails development firm. Mail Chimp,octanecoffee ,GitHub EngineYard and others were responsible for the food and drinks that were so graciously provided. The after party at the Joystick Gamebar was a blast. A liquefied contemplation of ideas, the afterparty spilled over to of all places sisterlouisas church Bar.

Eventually made it home from far away but with a great weekend of meeting new people, making friends and dipping into a whole new world of coding as well as meeting some great mentors for my line of work.