Ruby Scripting

• Introduction to Ruby, syntax, issuing external commands, array/string methods, regular expressions, file processing and more...
• Suitable for those already familiar with programming concepts like variables, printing, control structures, looping, arrays, etc
  • If you are new to programming, check out Think Ruby, a translation of Think Python by Allen Downey that I'm working on
• This repo is also suitable as a material reference for a one/two day workshop
• For more related resources, visit scripting course and my programming blog https://learnbyexample.github.io

Chapters

:warning: :construction: Work in progress, stay tuned...

• Introduction
• Numbers and Strings
• Getting User input
• Methods
• Control Structures
• Executing external commands
• Arrays
• Hashes
• Set
• String Methods
• Regular Expressions
• File Processing
• Exercises

Contributing

• Please open an issue for typos/bugs/suggestions/etc
  • Even for pull requests, open an issue for discussion before submitting PRs
  • or gitter group chat for discussion
• Share the repo with friends/colleagues, on social media, etc to help reach other learners
• In case you need to reach me, use gitter private chat
  • or mail me at echo '[email protected]' | tr 'a-z' 'n-za-m'

Acknowledgements

• ruby-lang documentation - manuals, tutorials and references
• /r/ruby/ - helpful forum for beginners and experienced programmers alike
• stackoverflow - for getting answers to pertinent questions
• Ruby Tricks, Idiomatic Ruby, Refactorings and Best Practices

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License