Programing really has never been one of my favorite things to do by a long shot. It is exciting when something comes together but getting there is the hard part. As I delve into setting up puppet I really am starting to feel my deficiencies as a sysadmin. Because I have avoided programing for so long I lack concepts that should just be there. It is time to hunker down and start writing code and to get good at it. The real question becomes, how?
I picked up the book Practical Ruby for System Administration to realize I lack fundamental concepts associated with object oriented programing. I am determined to learn ruby so I guess a beginners book is in my future.