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Learn Ruby the Hard Way: A Good First Program By Zed A. Shaw Dec 23, 2014 In this excerpt from Learn Ruby the Hard Way: A Simple and Idiomatic Introduction to the Imaginative World Of Computational Thinking with Code, 3rd Edition, Zed Shaw walks you through writing your first Ruby program, and gives you some study drills to help you practice your skills.

Learn Ruby the Hard Way: Comments and Pound Characters By Zed A. Shaw Dec 23, 2014 Comments are very important in your programs. They are used to tell you what something does in English, and they are used to disable parts of your program if you need to remove them temporarily. Zed Shaw shows you how you use comments in Ruby, in this chapter from Learn Ruby the Hard Way: A Simple and Idiomatic Introduction to the Imaginative World Of Computational Thinking with Code, 3rd Edition.

Learn Ruby the Hard Way: Comments and Pound Characters By Zed A. Shaw Sep 8, 2014 Comments are very important in your programs. They are used to tell you what something does in English, and they are used to disable parts of your program if you need to remove them temporarily. Zed Shaw shows you how to use them in Ruby, in this excerpt from Learn Ruby the Hard Way: A Simple and Idiomatic Introduction To The Imaginative World Of Computational Thinking With Code, 3rd Edition.

Eloquent Ruby: An Interview with Russ Olsen By Pat Eyler, Russ Olsen Mar 24, 2011 Pat Eyler interviews Russ Olsen about his new book, Eloquent Ruby, recommended programming practices, why it's beneficial to learn a new programming language, and why it's sometimes worthwhile to color outside the lines.

Eloquent Ruby: Embrace Dynamic Typing By Russ Olsen Mar 2, 2011 In this chapter from his book, Eloquent Ruby, Russ Olsen In looks at how dynamic typing allows you to build programs that are simultaneously compact, flexible, and readable. Unfortunately, nothing comes for free, so he also looks at the downsides of dynamic typing and at how the wise Ruby programmer works hard to make sure the good outweighs the bad.

Eloquent Ruby: Use Symbols to Stand for Something By Russ Olsen Mar 1, 2011 In this chapter from his book, Eloquent Ruby, Russ Olsen shows symbols in Ruby for what they really are: very simple, useful programming language constructs that are a key part of the Ruby programming style.

The Meta-Guide To Learning Ruby By Russ Olsen Feb 1, 2011 Really mastering a new programming language, certainly one as flexible and fluid as Ruby, is not easy. Russ Olsen offers some tips to ease the pain and speed yourself down the road to Ruby mastery.

"D"iving Into the D Programming Language By Andrei Alexandrescu Jul 29, 2009 Andrei Alexandrescu dives into explaining the basics of the D programming language.

Robert C. Martin’s Clean Code Tip of the Week #1: An Accidental Doppelgänger in Ruby By Robert C. Martin Jan 7, 2009 Robert C. Martin investigates an interesting dilemma: if the implementation of two functions is identical, yet their intent is completely different, is it still duplicate code?

Stroustrup on C++: C++ in 2005 By Bjarne Stroustrup Jul 8, 2005 In the Japanese edition of his latest book, Bjarne Stroustrup added an extended essay, reflecting on C++ use over the last decade, and presenting plausible directions for the next revision of the C++ standard.

Becoming a Software Developer Part 7: Ruby for the Internet Nuby By Pete McBreen May 24, 2002 It's easy to write simple scripts for sending emails — but hard to make sure that your application deals with all the weird and wonderful things that can go wrong.

Becoming a Software Developer Part 2: Test Driven Development with Ruby By Pete McBreen Apr 12, 2002 Developers can become more productive and spend a lot less time debugging code by creating Extreme Programming style unit tests before the rest of the code is written. Every "Ruby nuby" should learn about test-driven development and create unit tests.