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Overview
If you have ever wanted to learn Ruby online, this intro to Ruby programming course can help you get started building your own web apps. Ruby is known for being a fun and comparatively simple language to learn, ideal for beginners and aspiring web developers. Proficiency in Ruby and its accompanying framework, Ruby on Rails, is a marketable skill, with growing demand for Ruby and Rails developers in the job market.
Designed for beginners, this intro to Ruby course starts out helping you learn the basics of Ruby programming, including operators, variables and conditional statements. You will build on this foundation with intermediate and advanced concepts in Ruby, with practical, hands-on application and examples every step of the way. By the end of the course, you will apply your skills to build a math flashcard game that you can add to your portfolio, and gain the fundamental knowledge you need to start creating more projects with Ruby.
Highlights:
- 41 practical tutorials.
- Store data in variables and apply arithmetic, comparison and assignment operators.
- Learn how to comment code and deal with errors.
- Create and use arrays and multi-dimensional arrays.
- Understand how and when to use loops, including while, until, for and each loops.
- How to create, use and manipulate hashes.
- Utilize classes, class getters and class setters.
- Learn different modes for opening files and how to write and append data to a file.
- Install and use a third party Gem in your program for extra functionality.
- Put together everything you've learned by building a math flashcard app.
Want to continue improving your skills in Ruby? Check out the Ruby on Rails course.
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Syllabus
Introduction Free Lesson
1
Course Introduction
2
Install Sublime and Git Bash
How to install Sublime Text and Git Bash Terminal for your development environment.
3
Install Ruby
Installing Ruby is easy with RubyInstaller.org
4
Ruby Programming Basics Free Lesson
1
Comments and Errors
How to comment code and deal with errors.
2
3
Floats and Integers
4
Comparison Operators
5
Variables
6
Assignment Operators
7
Getting User Input with Gets
Allowing the user to interact with your program.
8
Conditional Statements
How to use if/else/elsif statements in Ruby.
9
Multiple Conditional Comparison Operators
10
String Manipulation
Modifying a string is simple with these string manipulation tips.
Intermediate Ruby Concepts Free Lesson
1
Arrays
What are arrays and how do we create and use them?
2
Multi-Dimensional Arrays
An array of other arrays is multi-dimensional.
3
While Loops
Using while loops in Ruby.
4
Until Loops
Looping until a condition is met using until loops.
5
For and Each Loops
Understanding for and each loops, and when to use them.
6
7
Hashes
What is a hash, and how do you create and use it?
8
Hash Manipulation
Adding and removing items from a hash.
9
Methods
Understanding methods in Ruby.
10
Methods Part 2
More on methods...
11
Random Numbers
How to generate random numbers with Ruby.
Advanced Ruby Concepts
1
Classes
What is a class and how do we use them?
2
Classes Part 2
More on classes and how to use them.
3
Instance Variables
What is an instance variable and how is it different from a regular variable?
4
Class Getters
What is a getter and how do we use it?
5
Class Setters
How to create a class setter and why you should.
6
Understanding Attr_accessor
Let Ruby create your getters and setters automatically with attr_accessor.
7
Class Inheritance
Inheriting information from other classes.
8
Opening a File
How to open another file in your Ruby file.
9
Open a File into an Array
We'll learn to output the contents of a file into an array.
10
Open File Modes
There are several "modes" for opening files. Learn them all here.
11
Write to a File
We'll learn to write and append data to a file.
12
Adding Third-party Functionality with Gems
How to install and use a third-party gem in your program.
Fun with Ruby - Build a Math Flashcard Game!
1
Building a Flashcard Game
Let's use what we've learned to build a math flashcard game!
2
Flashcard Addition Method
How to handle the addition flashcards.
3
Flashcard Subtraction, Multiplication, Division Methods
How to handle subtraction, multiplication and division flashcards.
4
Creating a Menu
Allow the user to choose which type of flashcard game to play with a menu.
