The Ruby on Rails phenomenon has caught my attention; so I've decided to learn how to program with it using the book, Agile Web Development with Rails. I'll be comparing my experiences to ASP.NET, my current programming framework.

I wanted to use my Mac, but was quickly discouraged by the complexity of installing Ruby, Ruby Gems and Rails. With a PC, it's just a few clicks and presto, everything's ready to go.

Installation on my PC was successful and I have completed the exercises up to Chapter 5 with no real issues - simple so far. The model, view and controller terminology is new to me, but it relates to the separation of functionality similar to code behind files, an n-tier architecture and an object oriented approach used with Microsoft technologies.