A Hands-On Introduction to Ruby

A brief introduction to the wonderful world of Ruby.

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1. RUBY zach latta a hands-on introduction to
2. ruby is a high productivity scripting language
3. Japan made in designed by matsumoto yukihiro
4. matz
9. ...and many more
10. it’s fun idiomatic poignant not java
11. objects. objects everywhere.
12. 1 "DO NOT USE ALL CAPS".downcase => "do not use all caps" valid ruby 2 5.rationalize => (5/1)
13. i can’t believe it’s not english!
14. 1 5.times { print "hi" } => "hihihihihi" print “hi” five times 2 print "hi" * 5 => "hihihihihi"
15. 1 import java.io.* 2 3 public class Hi 4 { 5 public static void main(String[] args) 6 { 7 for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) 8 { 9 System.out.print("hi"); 10 } 11 } 12 } …and in java
16. quickly and easily understand other ruby
17. 1 print 'This is not a '\ 'palindrome'.reverse => "emordnilap a ton si sihT"
18. “code so beautiful that tears are shed” - why’s poignant guide to ruby
19. 1 puts "What is your name?" 2 name = gets.strip! 3 4 puts "Hello #{ name }. How are you?" greetings
20. ! 1 import java.util.Scanner; 2 3 public class ALessNiceGreeting 4 { 5 public static void main(String[] args) 6 { 7 Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); 8 9 System.out.println("What is your name?"); 10 String name = scanner.nextLine().trim(); 11 12 System.out.println("Hi " + name + ". How are you?"); 13 14 scanner.close(); 15 } 16 } greetings (cont.)
21. 1 contents = File.read('file.txt') 2 puts contents file io
22. 1 import java.io.BufferedReader; 2 import java.io.FileReader; 3 import java.io.IOException; 4 5 public class BufferedReaderExample 6 { 7 public static void main(String[] args) 8 { 9 BufferedReader br = null; 10 11 try 12 { 13 14 String sCurrentLine; 15 16 br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("file.txt")); 17 18 while ((sCurrentLine = br.readLine()) != null) 19 { 20 System.out.println(sCurrentLine); 21 } 22 23 } 24 catch (IOException e) 25 { 26 e.printStackTrace(); 27 } 28 finally 29 { 30 try 31 { 32 if (br != null)br.close(); 33 } 34 catch (IOException ex) 35 { 36 ex.printStackTrace(); 37 } 38 } 39 40 } 41 } file io (cont.)
23. power simplicity vs.
24. 1 def a_method 2 puts "Hello world!" 3 end methods
25. 1 get ‘/‘ do 2 'Hello world!' 3 end dsl
26. gems
27. bogosort while !sorted(deck) { shuffle(deck) }
28. bogosort best case: ΩΩ(n) worst case: Unbounded average case: O(n × n!)
29. • http://mislav.uniqpath.com/ poignant-guide/ • http://tryruby.org • make something!
30. github.com/zachlatta/baas speakerdeck.com/zach/a- hands-on-introduction-to-ruby
31. zach@zachlatta.com e: w: zachlatta.com g: github.com/zachlatta