Learn the basics of Ruby with hands-on practice.

Become a Ruby Professional

Do you want to be an interpreted language geek? Are you tired of getting entangled in the dense syntaxes? Does it irritate you to compile your code to machine language first? Are you looking for an easy-to-use scripting language? Well, Ruby is the best pick for you then!
This introductory module will be providing you with hands-on practice with the support of a bunch of interactive illustrations, exercises, and the integral topics of variables, built-in classes, objects, conditionals, blocks, and much more!

Learn Ruby from Scratch

## Problem statement

In the widget below, you’re given a `String` variable called `input_string`. Concatenate three occurrences of `<3` at the end of this input string. Don’t forget to store the resulting string in `result`!


**Note:** Write your code starting at `line 4`. 

### Example
```ruby
input_string = "ruby"
result = "ruby<3<3<3"
```

### Try it yourself

# Problem statement

In the widget below, you’re given a `String` variable called `input_string`. Concatenate three occurrences of `<3` at the end of this input string. Don’t forget to store the resulting string in `result`!


**Note:** Write your code starting at `line 4`. 

## Example
```ruby
input_string = "ruby"
result = "ruby<3<3<3"
```

## Try it yourself

The Big Picture

Variables

Built-in Class: Numeric

Built-in Class: String

Built-in Classes: TrueClass, FalseClass and NILClass

Built-in Class: Symbol

Built-in Class: Array

Built-in Class: Hash

Objects

Methods

Operators are Methods

Blocks

Get Ready for some more Drill!

Conditionals

Coding Challenge: Truthiness and Equivalence

Lets run another lap with hashes

Writing Classes

Mini project 1

Spotlight on Things Unremarked

Advanced Topics

Your Toolkit!

Appendix: Mailbox Project Prerequisite

Conclusion

Exercise 1: Concatenate Substrings

Problem statement