The aim of this tutorial is to explain genetic algorithms sufficiently for you to be able to use them in your own projects. This is a stripped-down to-the-bare-essentials type of tutorial. I'm not going to go into a great deal of depth and I'm not going to scare those of you with math anxiety by throwing evil equations at you every few sentences. In fact, I'm not going to throw any nasty equations at you at all! Not in this particular tutorial anyway... <smile>

Marcel Molina Jr. is a language enthusiast who went from being a literature major to a programmer. In his transition from natural language to machine language he found Ruby an elegant balance of dynamic, pragmatic and "humane". And then came along Rails. Marcel tumblelogs on Projectionist and tries to help keep your apps running smoothly as a developer at FiveRuns.

his article is an introduction to JavaScript for those who already know Ruby. It focuses mostly on the differences between the two.