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Offer Computer Science in our public schools     Sign the Petition! America should be a leader in computer science education, yet today most schools don't even offer this foundational subject. Please join the CEOs, governors, and education leaders below and ask Congress to support computer science in every K-12 school – for our children, and for their future . Every student in America should have this opportunity Our goal is to reach 25,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/offer-computer-science-in-our-public-schools?recruiter=479236410&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

Is Ruby for Me?   The following article will answer some of the following questions: What Kind of Language Is Ruby?   http://ruby-doc.com/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ The gem command allows you to interact with RubyGems. More on Gems:   http://guides.rubygems.org/what-is-a-gem/ My first impressions: Ruby is a very powerful scripting language. seems simple enough to learn and implement quickly. You'll see results immediately and it enables us to create higher quality products for clients much faster (source: Leonard Teo ). Some of the downsides are that you may not necessarily comprehend the full power of the tool-set you're using. Ruby makes complicated tasks fairly simple because Ruby has automated many things in the framework. In other words, you may lose a bit of base knowledge if you don't fully understand the shortcuts. Stay tuned for more adventures...I'm planning a few quick Ruby sites for practice. I'm sure the hilarity will ensue!