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Learn Ruby from Scratch

Discover Ruby's simplicity and power through hands-on practice. Gain insights into variables, built-in classes, objects, and more, making you productive and happy with programming.

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124 Lessons

3 Projects

12h

Updated 1 month ago

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Learn how to program using Ruby as your first programming language.
Learn idiomatic Ruby.
Learn about blocks, methods, regular expressions, and more in Ruby.

Learning Roadmap

124 Lessons3 Projects13 Quizzes31 Challenges

The Big Picture

Get familiar with Ruby's object-oriented paradigm and the creative aspect of programming.

Programming is Creation

Ruby is Object Oriented

Variables

Walk through Ruby variable assignment, reassignments, and operator precedence.

What are Variables?

Reusing Variable Names

Things on the Right Go First

Quiz on Variables

Built-in Class: Numeric

5 Lessons

Go hands-on with numeric operations, including Integers, Floats, and practical exercises.

Built-in Class: String

8 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Ruby strings, including manipulation, interpolation, and common string methods.

Built-in Classes: TrueClass, FalseClass, and NilClass

Take a look at Ruby's true, false, and nil objects representing truth values and absence.

The true, false, and nil Objects

Built-in Class: Symbol

Investigate the unique role of symbols as memory-efficient string alternatives in Ruby.

Working with Symbols

Built-in Class: Array

10 Lessons

Test your understanding of arrays in Ruby with versatile exercises and practical manipulation tasks.

Built-in Class: Hash

7 Lessons

Learn how to use hashes, their syntax, methods, and practical exercises in Ruby.

Objects

10 Lessons

Unpack the core of objects, classes, and methods in Ruby programming.

10.

Methods

13 Lessons

Master the steps to creating, using, and combining methods, including defining scopes and returning values.

11.

Operators are Methods

6 Lessons

Break down complex ideas in Ruby operators and their behavior as methods.

12.

Blocks

11 Lessons

Take a closer look at Ruby blocks, various syntaxes, arguments, return values, iterators, and practical exercises.

Get Ready for Some More Drill!

Project

13.

Conditionals

6 Lessons

Investigate Ruby conditionals, shorthand syntax, return values, truthiness, and practical exercises.

14.

Coding Challenge: Truthiness and Equivalence

2 Lessons

Test your understanding of truthiness and object equivalence through coding challenges.

Lets Run Another Lap with Hashes

Project

15.

Writing Classes

14 Lessons

Learn how to use classes, methods, variables, and object interactions in Ruby.

The Mailbox Project

Project

16.

Spotlight on Things Unremarked

11 Lessons

Walk through Ruby's top-level object, escape sequences, syntax alternatives, and method usage.

17.

Advanced Topics

8 Lessons

Work your way through advanced Ruby topics including libraries, modules, private methods, and regex.

18.

Your Toolkit

4 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of essential tools like text editors, terminals, and IRB for Ruby programming.

19.

Appendix: Mailbox Project Prerequisite

Solve problems in HTML for creating and displaying webpage structures in the browser.

A Brief Detour: HTML

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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Developed by MAANG Engineers

Every Educative lesson is designed by a team of ex-MAANG software engineers and PhD computer science educators, and developed in consultation with developers and data scientists working at Meta, Google, and more. Our mission is to get you hands-on with the necessary skills to stay ahead in a constantly changing industry. No video, no fluff. Just interactive, project-based learning with personalized feedback that adapts to your goals and experience.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Do you want to learn about interpreted languages? Tired of dense syntaxes? Tired of compiling code to machine language first? Are you looking for an easy-to-use scripting language? Well, Ruby is the answer! Ruby is a smart, easy-to-use, functional, object-oriented programming language, a wondrous mix of Perl's scripting power, Pythonic capabilities, and more! As Matsumoto, creator of Ruby, implies: "I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is the primary purpose of Ruby language." This introductory course provides hands-on practice with the support of interactive illustrations, exercises, and the integral topics of variables, built-in classes, objects, conditionals, blocks, and more! Ready to dive into one of the most influential and demanding third-generation programming languages? Let's get started!

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