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About Intro To Ruby Programming: Beginners Guide Series
Product Description Learning Ruby has never been this fast and easy, or fun!Veteran Codemy.com programmer John Elder walks you step by step through the ins and outs of Ruby Programming. Written for the absolute beginner, you don't need any programming experience to dive in and get started with this book. Follow along as John teaches you to set up a development environment and write your first program. You'll learn about Variables, Math, IF/THEN Statements, Array, Hashes, Loops, Methods and much more.By the end, you'll be well on your way to becoming a professional Ruby coder!Build on your skills with practice exercises at the end of each chapter and build a math flashcard game using all the skills you've learned throughout the book. It really is this easy to learn Ruby!*AUTHOR UPDATE: C9, the development environment we used in the book, was purchased by Amazon and is no longer accepting new users unless you sign up through my education account at Codemy.com/c9 From the Author This easy to follow guide is aimed at teaching the absolute beginner the ins and outs of programming with Ruby. *AUTHOR UPDATE: C9, the development environment we use in the book, was purchased by Amazon and shut down so you can no longer use it. Instead, to install Ruby onyour computer, I've created a free video that walks you through it at: Codemy.com/installruby You'll learn... How To Get Started With Ruby - How to Set up a Ruby Development Environment in the Cloud for Free - How to Create a Ruby File - Puts vs Print - How To Deal With Errors - How To Use Comments Fun With Math, Variables, and Inputs - Basic Math Operators - Integers vs. Strings - Integers and Floats - Inline Math - Comparison Operators - Variables - Math with Variables - String to Integer - Adding Strings? - Multiplying Strings - Assignment Operators - Getting User Input - Getting Numbers As User Input Basic Programming Concepts In Ruby - Basic IF/THEN Statements - IF/ELSE - IF/ESLIF - Multiple Conditionals (||, &&) - String Manipulation - downcase, upcase, capitalize, reverse, chomp, length - How To Build A Choose Your Own Adventure Game More Intermediate Programming Concepts With Ruby - Arrays - Creating an Array - Arrays Start With Zero! - Putting Numbers and Variables Into Arrays - Another Way To Create an Array - Adding Stuff to Arrays Later On - Removing Items From an Array - Multi-Demensional Arrays - Loops - What Is A Loop? - While Loops - Infinite Loop Problems! - Until Loop - For Loops - Each Loop - How To Build A Fizz/Buzz Game And More Advanced Programming Concepts - Methods (Functions) - Creating a Method - Calling a Method - Passing Things Into A Method - Fizz/Buzz Using Methods - Returning True or False - Passing More Than One Argument To A Method - Using Default Arguments In A Method - Hashes - Hashes vs. Arrays - Hash Keys and Values - Calling a Value From Our Hash - Adding And Removing Items From a Hash - Odds and Ends - Alternate Ways To Write A Hash - Hash.new - When to Use A Hash vs. An Array - Generating and Using Random Numbers We'll use everything you learn throughout the book to build a cool Math Flashcard game, with different cards for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division. You'll be surprised just how fast and easy it is to learn Ruby with this popular book. From the Inside Flap *AUTHOR UPDATE: C9, the development environment we use in the book, was purchased by Amazon and shut down so you can no longer use it. Instead, to install Ruby on your computer, I've created a video that walks you through it at: Codemy.com/installruby About the Author John Elder is one of the original pioneers of Internet Marketing. He created one of the earliest Internet advertising networks ba
