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Gain insights into Ruby programming by building a hangman game. Learn about fundamentals, practical applications, and develop strong programming skills. No prior coding experience needed.

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Programming is a way to teach a computer how to do something the way the programmer thinks it should be done. Put another way, programming is the description of how to perform some processing. In this course, you'll get hands-on experience in programming using Ruby by building a hangman game along the way. In the game, a player chooses a (hidden) word while a second player tries to guess the word. You'll learn to build the hangman game incrementally, and by the end of the course, you'll have a fully functional hangman game while learning the fundamentals of programming. This is a beginner-level course and doesn’t require any prior experience in programming. The course will provide a strong foundation for the advancement of your programming skills and also pave the way for a career in programming.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Hands-on experience on building a fully functional hangman game using Ruby

Familiarity with building blocks of programming, including variables, collections, and conditional statements

Familiarity with the key steps in problem-solving and better structuring your code

Hands-on experience on building a fully functional hangman game using Ruby

Content

35 Lessons13 Quizzes

Before We Begin

1 Lessons

Get familiar with programming basics in Ruby through a practical hangman game project.

What To Expect From This Course

Getting Started

3 Lessons

Look at basic Ruby programming concepts through a simple guess-the-word game.

Hide a Word and Ask for a Letter

Wait for a Proposal and Check It

Improve the Proposal Check

Handling Multiple Letters

7 Lessons

Go hands-on with Ruby routines, character counting, and user input validation techniques.

Ask for More Letters

Challenge: Character Counter

Solution: Character Counter

Improve the Behavior by Using a Routine

Show the Letters That a Player Finds

Challenge: Make a Routine

Solution: Make a Routine

Improving the Implementation

9 Lessons

Break down complex ideas to improve Ruby code organization, reuse, and functionality.

Split the Source Code

Challenge: Make Separate Files for the Routine

Solution: Make Separate Files for the Routine

Show All the Letters That the Player Has Already Found

Challenge: Implement Multiple Routines

Solution: Implement Multiple Routines

Recall the Wrong Proposals

Challenge: Sort and Remove Duplicates in the Collection

Solution: Sort and Remove Duplicates in the Collection

Declaring Results and Improving Presentation

8 Lessons

Enhance game functionality and presentation by implementing win/lose conditions, loops, and visual elements.

Declare That the Player Has Won

Challenge: Print a Partial Collection

Solution: Print a Partial Collection

Declare That the Player Has Lost

Challenge: Implement a Simple Loop

Solution: Implement a Simple Loop

Draw the Gallows

Add Gallows to the Game

Generalizing Our Implementation

6 Lessons

See how it works to handle repeated letters, split strings, choose words, and guess numbers in Ruby.

Support the Repeated Letters

Challenge: Split a String

Solution: Split a String

Choose the Random Word

Challenge: Guess the Number

Solution 9: Guess the Number

Wrap Up

1 Lessons

Build on key Ruby programming lessons, game creation, testing, and community feedback.

Conclusion

Certificate of Completion

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