Ruby Fundamentals
Course info



Course info



Description
Ruby is a dynamic, thoroughly object oriented programming language with a focus on developer happiness and productivity.
This Ruby course is designed to give you everything you need to start developing software in Ruby quickly.
- You will learn about all of the key features of the language: classes, methods, blocks, modules.
- You will find out about some of the standard types included in Ruby, such as strings, arrays, hashes and regular expressions.
- You will also get an introduction to tools and techniques you need to write real world software, including testing, debugging and packaging your code.
Course FAQ
Ruby is a general purpose, object-oriented programming language. It is open-sourced, dynamic, and focuses on simplicity and productivity.
Ruby is used mostly for building web applications, but can also help with data analysis, prototyping, and much more. It is comparable to Python or JavaScript in several respects.
Compared to several other programming languages, Ruby is pretty easy to learn. If you are already familiar with another similar programming language it will be even easier to pick up. Ruby is also easily readable and expressive.
You will learn everything you need to start developing software in Ruby, including:
- Key language features - classes, methods, blocks, etc.
- Standard types in Ruby - strings, arrays, hashes, etc.
- Helpful tools and techniques for writing code
- Testing, debugging, and packaging code
- Much more
There are no strict prerequisites to this course! However, if you have some experience or proficiency in another programming language (Python, JavaScript, C#), it may reduce the learning curve.
This course is for anyone who wants to start learning the Ruby programming language and developing web applications and software!
This Ruby tutorial has a run time of 3 hours and 43 minutes. There are options to speed up or slow down the playback speed through Pluralsight's platform, so you can adjust it to your preference.