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Ruby module R101
Introduction
Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module R101. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Ruby, Ruby Programming

Background
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.
Related technical and longer articles
Ruby Regular Expressions
Conditionals, loops, and iterators in Ruby

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Examples from our training material
col1   First Variables in Ruby
d2.1   Prompt, read from user, calculate, output in Ruby
d2.2   Use of intermediate variables
d2.3   Use of intermediate variables - alternative
e1   Simple input, calculate, print
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 [here].
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.
Complete learning
If you are looking for a complete course and not just a information on a single subject, visit our Listing and schedule page.

Well House Consultants specialise in training courses in Ruby, Lua, Python, Perl, PHP, and MySQL. We run Private Courses throughout the UK (and beyond for longer courses), and Public Courses at our training centre in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It's surprisingly cost effective to come on our public courses - even if you live in a different country or continent to us.

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