Ruby Crash Course - Ruby on Ales 2021

This is the intro deck for a Ruby language crash course presented at Ruby on Ales in early 2021. It includes a link to a repl.it that has executable examples that show the language features as we solve FizzBuzz. The examples are available here: https://repl.it/@aneely/ruby-on-ales-crash-course-2021

Transcript

1. https://repl.it/@aneely/ruby-on-ales-crash-course-2021 Play Along! A Crash Course on the Language that Built Flywheel Please feel free to open this URL and
2. • @ravinglogic on Twitter • A practicing Stoic • A funk bassist who loves metal • I ride e-bikes and e-boards • I love traveling and learning • A Flywheeler who works in Ruby • Someone who want to share it SO WHO THE HELL AM I?
3. • It was built for developer happiness • It’s expressive and can be written to read like English • It’s flexible… almost too flexible • It’s productive • Flywheel literally started with 3 people who had a good idea WHY RUBY?
4. • To put it simply, for many problems: • Easy things are easy to do • Hard things are possible • One can express the solutions to most things elegantly WHY RUBY?
5. • The Ruby community: • is pretty diverse • is definitely creative • has attracted people from a variety of experiences professionally EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE
6. • The Ruby community: • spawned many bad-asses • has many beautiful weirdos • has inspired a lot of good ideas and best practices EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE
7. • A fast crash course intro to Ruby • Zero to a working program • Beginner-friendly • A great start to learn more • Get in touch: @ravinglogic WHAT THIS IS
8. • In a nutshell: • I’m going to expose you to a series of concepts • We’ll build them up from first principles while solving a problem • You'll have context to build on if you want to keep going WHAT THIS IS
9. • A comprehensive course in Ruby • Full of intermediate/advanced stuff • An introduction to Frameworks WHAT THIS IS NOT
10. • Your only crack at this material! • You can take the examples with you and play with them later. • We’ll have some resources for you if you want to learn more! WHAT THIS IS ALSO NOT
11. Our Problem to Solve Fizz Buzz
12. Our Problem to Solve Fizz Buzz
13. https://repl.it/@aneely/ruby-on-ales-crash-course-2021 Play Along! A Crash Course on the Language that Built Flywheel Please feel free to open this URL and
14. Let’s look at some code Let’s Do This TITLE TEXT
15. • github.com/aneely/ruby-crash-course • codeacademy.com/learn-ruby • exercism.io/ • poodr.com/ • railstutorial.org/ • https://repl.it/@aneely/ruby-crash-course RUBY ONLINE RESOURCES
16. • The Omaha Ruby Meetup (on Zoom) • RubyConf Talks (on YouTube) • RailsConf (on YouTube) RUBY COMMUNITY RESOURCES
17. @ravinglogic Thank You