Ruby by Example

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .
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There is a gem called Ruby.
Shiny and pretty.
Objectively beautiful,
Functionally magical.
Make Rails of web happy.
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This is a example-based ruby tutorial for beginners. Examples are based on Ruby 2.1.

If you have a question, put $5 at patreon and message me.

  1. Ruby Basics
  2. Doc Lookup
  3. Print Version String
  4. Unicode 💎
  5. Quote String
  6. Quote Long String
  7. Format String
  8. String Operations
  9. True, False
  10. If Then Else
  11. Loop
  12. List
  13. Loop Thru List
  14. Hash Table
  15. Function Optional Parameter
  16. Map f to List
  17. Complex Numbers
  18. Intro to Reading Ruby Doc: What's M, C, ::, # ?
  19. Predefined Global Variables
  20. What's RVM, Gem, Rake, Bundler, RDoc, ri, irb?