Welcome to Rook.
What is Rook?
This is my Apprenticeship Thesis project. It is a Sinatra open source project I have been doing on the side to hone my skills as a Ruby apprentice. The idea is for those with knowledge to create learning opportunities. Whether it be pairing on a kata in Ruby or a whole course in Common Lisp I want to make it easier for people to offer their time/skills and easier for people to find those opportunities.
Potential Mentees:
Where do you start? Everyone has a different learning style. Rook is shaped on my preferred style, learning by doing. I started to learn Ruby at the beginning of this year. After a month buried in books and tutorials, I didn't know what to do, I needed direction, a harness for my newly found love of programming. I made a post on Reddit and asked the question, "How did you get your first job developing Ruby?". They first directed me to find local user groups which is rock solid advice I pass on to everyone I know starting out. Then they did something I was n