Ruby is a language that prides itself on doing things its own way. In this course, Ruby 2: Getting Started, you’ll learn the basics of the Ruby programming language. First, you’ll write Ruby code that solves a concrete programming problem. Next, you’ll see how even simple constructs like conditionals and loops have their own original spin in Ruby. Then, you’ll get to use the most common Ruby data types, including arrays and hashes. Finally, you’ll learn how to deal with programming errors and exceptions. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll know how to write a simple Ruby program, and you’ll be on solid ground to delve into more specific aspects of this brilliant language.
Author Name: Paolo Perrotta
Author Description:
Paolo Perrotta is the author of “Programming Machine Learning” and “Metaprogramming Ruby”. He has hundreds of articles, conference speeches and training deliveries under his belt. He developed software in domains ranging from automotive to healthcare, large-scale web sites, and computer games.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Writing Your First Ruby Program
  10mins
• Reading Input Data
  12mins
• Having Fun with Strings
  13mins
• Defining Functions
  7mins
• Juggling Collections
  10mins
• Understanding Iteration
  11mins
• Writing Conditionals
  10mins
• Dealing with Errors
  9mins
• Wrapping up the Program
  11mins