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    • RayOchoaR Offline
      RayOchoa
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      do you think it would be a good idea to ask whaat to teach me?

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        majid
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        i think it would be very nice if whaat provides such thing here on the forum.. 😄 ... as i saw he is a guy whit lots of talent.. great if he accepts....

        My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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        • RayOchoaR Offline
          RayOchoa
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          well then, Whaat if your out there i need your help

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            remus
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            It cant hurt to ask, but in the mean time theres loads of stuff to help you learn ruby on the internet:

            Google Search

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            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              johnsenior1973
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              @rayochoa said:

              do you think it would be a good idea to ask whaat to teach me?

              I don't.

              You're just developing an interest in making ruby's. That interest could last 2 days or it could last for years. If that interest is only going to last for a few weeks and you then move on to something else then any time that whaat has given to you will have been wasted.

              You've made a good start to learning ruby's because you're part of this forum and there will obviously be help here if you need it. But if you're asking for help then I think it should be limited at this stage to just asking openly on the forum for help, rather than making personal requests directly to people. If whaat, or anyone else, wants to help you then they can easily contact you to help you. I just feel it's a bit rude to ask publically on the forum for him to help you.

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              • majidM Offline
                majid
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                maybe just some advise only? as an expert just some tips maybe from whaat will help us

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                • RayOchoaR Offline
                  RayOchoa
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                  yeah your right.

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                  http://ray-ochoa.com

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                    Whaat
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                    I wouldn't consider myself an expert. I am basically self-taught and with that comes lots of bad programming habits. I learned everything I know about Ruby scripting in the last 18 months from these sources:

                    1. http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_ruby/Docs/index.html (SketchUp Ruby API Developer's Guide)
                    2. http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (The Pragamatic Programmers Guide)
                    3. Opening up other plugins with a text editor and trying to understand the code.
                    4. Helpful people on SCF

                    You should probably start by reading the fist few parts of 2) You might not understand everything at first, but when you start looking at 1) and 3), things will start to make more sense.

                    You can't learn this sutff overnight. Start off with something very simple. There are lots of helpful people on the forums so best of luck!

                    SketchUp Plugins for Professionals

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                    • majidM Offline
                      majid
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                      thanx...whatt .maybe its the best advise... so , no time waste for you and helpful for seekers 😄

                      My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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                        gohch
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                        hi, I'm new to Ruby too. Just thought of sharing a book that i bought which turned to be a great self learning guide for someone that knows nothing about Ruby (it also happened to be the only book i could find about Ruby in my part of the world 🎉 )

                        Begining Ruby From Novice to Professional by Peter Cooper
                        http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781590597668

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                        • B Offline
                          BTM
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                          Heh, I've been wondering how to make ruby scripts aswell. Apparently if functions are part of ruby, so I have a start 😆

                          Pilou, moi aussi je sais comment de parler le français! 😉 C'est pas une langue très dificile à apprendre, mais il y a trop de verbes, et c'est difficile de savoir si quelque chose est masculin ou feminin. 😉 En anglais, nous avons pas de masculin ou feminin pour les objets non-vivants 😆

                          Aussi, qu'est ce que ton signature veut dire? "Is beautiful that please without concept!" en français veut dire "Est belle que s'il-vous-plait sans concept" Je ne le comprend pas... 😕

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                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                            Chris Fullmer
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                            Are you actually interested BTM? There's been quite a few of us Ruby newbs hanging out here lately, and I think we've mostly shown that the learning goes pretty fast once you get into it.

                            I'm currently putting together a tutorial for the SCF tutorials on how to start learning Ruby. But you really don't need to wait for anything like that. Start teaching yourself Ruby using Chris Pine's ruby tutorial. Its a great place to get started with Ruby. Then once you get the hang of the basic syntax, its time to dig into the SketchUp specific stuff.

                            Chris

                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                            All my Plugins I've written

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                              BTM
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                              what text editor do you use to write code, Chris?

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
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                                @unknownuser said:

                                How do you make plug-ins for sketchup

                                me?
                                by begging 😎

                                dotdotdot

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                                • takesh hT Offline
                                  takesh h
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                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  what text editor do you use to write code, Chris?

                                  I guess this thread will answer to most of your questions about Ruby.
                                  http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10142&p=65928#p65928

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
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                                    I personally use notepad++ currently. And I use Jim's Web Console inside of SU. I use it to test chunks of code and then I copy them into notepad++ once I get things running as expected.

                                    Chris

                                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                    All my Plugins I've written

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                                      BTM
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                                      ...any mac versions or mac text editors? I thought I could use textedit, but it doesn't have any way to save as ruby files. Neither does pages, but word seems to be able to save as ruby if I type .rb in manually. Still, a mac text editor would help.

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
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                                        i think a lot of the mac heads use TextMate

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                                        • R Offline
                                          REGIS
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                                          Hi

                                          Smultron can do it on mac, it's free.

                                          regards

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                                          • R Offline
                                            RickW
                                            last edited by

                                            My MacBook has Xcode or something like that (I'm not a "Mac person" - I just got one for self-preservation for dual-platform SU ruby development 😄 ). It's color coded and has auto-completion capabilities as you type.

                                            RickW
                                            [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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