5 耶和華─天上的 神,大而可畏的神啊,你向愛你、守你誡命的人守約施慈愛。
尼希米1:5
作者:Kenneth C.
2017 年城北退修夏令會
16 當用各樣的智慧,把基督的道理豐豐富富的存在心裡,用詩章、頌詞、靈歌,彼此教導,互相勸戒,心被恩感,歌頌神。~ 歌羅西書三:16
I just learn a web development tool: Ruby on Rails
Never stop learning: there are always new things to learn in your life!
I have been a web developer/programmer, mostly back-end, for over 10 years. My primary programming language is ColdFusion and PHP. I also have experience with other web development language such as HTML, CSS, jQuery, AJAX, AngularJS. The language I learned from school but never had a chance to apply to the real world, are BASIC, C++, and Java. In addition, I have also use Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for ColdFusion and PHP.
This year, I have an opportunity to learn a new web development framework – Ruby on Rails, or simply Rails – written in Ruby. Rails is a server-side web development MVC framework; Ruby is an object-oriented programming language. It is quite interesting to learn a new language/framework. I believe it is pretty normal, not limited to the web development industry, to learn a new skill from time to time in order to catch up to this fast growing world.
Compare to other language or framework, Rails have so many pre-defined functions and elements that can be used to simplify the code. They also have a trendy way to get, update, and insert records into a database, as well as to select the relationship between tables: SQL statement is basically not required to use within Rails. I think it is good for a beginner if Rails is the first tools they are using in a real application, but it will be a challenge for me as my primary programming language is not Ruby.
There are also many rules and naming conversion that I need to pay attention to, as well as naming the class or object or table name in plurals and singular form also matter to the default structure and functions. Sounds like I will need to carry my personal dictionary with me for a while for the first several projects.
I know it will be fun for this year to learn and work on a new development tool. However, with God, nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37), and he also said “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”.. (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Thank God that you give me the skills and wisdom to handle my daily work, with you, everything will be possible. Please continue to guide me through to the future, and I will place all the trust and love unto you. In Jesus name, Amen!
受浸成為基督徒的那一天
17 若有人在基督裡,他就是新造的人,舊事已過,都變成新的了。~ 林後五:17
我結婚的那一天
4 愛是恆久忍耐,又有恩慈;愛是不嫉妒;愛是不自誇,不張狂,5 不做害羞的事,不求自己的益處,不輕易發怒,不計算人的惡,6 不喜歡不義,只喜歡真理;7 凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。8 愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必歸於無有;說方言之能終必停止;知識也終必歸於無有。~ 林前十三:4-7
人生就好似一幅拼圖, 而每一塊拼圖就代表一個經歷。 在我和Gigi相識之前, 都有在走不同的路。但 神張我們拉上, 叫我們可以遇上。一向內向的我, 不知為什麼當遇你後, 境大膽的一個人走到妳做事的地方找你。而妳對一個傻傻的我又不會拒諸門外。現在回想起, 就好像是 神在工作, 讓我們相遇到結婚。感謝主!
22 耶和華 神就用那人身上所取的肋骨造成一個女人,領他到那人跟前。23 那人說:這是我骨中的骨,肉中的肉,可以稱他為女人,因為他是從男人身上取出來的。24 因此,人要離開父母,與妻子連合,二人成為一體。~ 創二:22-24
我們現在進入了人生的另一個階段, 前面的路還會有不同的挑戰。但願 神會與我們同在。無論是順境, 或是逆境, 神祢都會加給我們力量, 給我們足夠的恩典去面對一切。
20 … 我就常與你們同在,直到世界的末了。~ 太二十八: 20