Ruby - Introduction

Introduction - Ruby module R101

Ruby is a modern, scripting Object Oriented language that's rapidly growing in populatity. Taking many of the best features of Perl and Python, adding its own exciting extras, and used as the basis for Ruby on Rails ("RoR"), we expect to be seeing a lot more Ruby in the next year or two.

This topic is presented on public course Ruby Programming

Examples from our training material

hello.rb

Some simple Ruby stuff

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

What is Ruby?
What is it used for?
Where do I get and install Ruby?
Core facilities, built-in library and standard library.
Basic concepts - object orientation, regular expressions, arrays, hashes, etc.

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