Ruby 2 Fundamentals

Description

In this course, you will :

• learn about all of the language's key features, including classes, methods, blocks, and modules.
• learn about some of Ruby's standard types, such as strings, arrays, hashes, and regular expressions.
• also be introduced to the tools and techniques required to write real-world software, such as testing, debugging, and packaging.

Syllabus :

1. Classes and Objects

•   Creating Classes and Objects 
•   Instance Variables and Methods 
•   Accessors and Virtual Attributes 
•   Initialization and Cleanup 
•   Inheritance 
•   Class Methods and Variables 
•   Method Visibility 
•   Executable Class Bodies and self 
•   Open Classes and Monkey Patching 
•   Equality 

 

2. Flow Control

•   Branching 
•   Conditional Initialization 
•   Flow Control Using and/or 
•   Case Statement 
•   Looping Constructs 
•   Looping with Iterators and Blocks 
•   Controlling Loop Flow 
•   Handling Exceptions 
•   Raising Exceptions 
•   Exceptions: ensure and else Clauses 
•   Exceptions: Retrying and Rescue Modifier 
•   Throw and Catch 

 

3. Standard Types

•   Booleans 
•   Numbers 
•   Strings 
•   String Operators and Methods 
•   Regular Expressions 
•   Symbols 
•   Arrays 
•   Enumerable 
•   Hashes 
•   Ranges 
•   Parallel Assignment

 

4. Methods in Depth

•   Default Parameter Values 
•   Variable Length Parameter Lists 
•   Keyword Arguments 
•   Method Aliasing 
•   Operators 
•   Method Calls as Messages 
•   method_missing 

 

5. More Ruby Tools: Blocks, Constants, Modules

•   Blocks 
•   Block Local Variables 
•   Using Blocks 
•   From Block to Proc 
•   Lambdas 
•   Using Procs and Lambdas 
•   Constants 

 

6. Putting Ruby to Work

•   Organizing Source Code
•   Gems and Managing Dependencies 
•   Testing Frameworks 
•   Debugging Tools 
•   Packaging and Distributing Code

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