Hey guys have been learning the basics of ruby and practicing some
simple ruby scripts. However i am looking for practice programming
questions/papers/material to test my knowledge and so that i can get
some good practice in ruby programming so that i am confident about my
basics.
Please could you'll provide some links to sites or certain books which
have topic wise questions in ruby(for ruby scripting).
Thanks a lot for all the help...
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I felt the book Eloquent Ruby was a nice book to work through. It has
a small project which is used and build on throughout the book as new
concepts are learned then applied.
Is also a nice read
~Stu
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM, buzz k. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
Hey guys have been learning the basics of ruby and practicing some
simple ruby scripts. However i am looking for practice programming
questions/papers/material to test my knowledge and so that i can get
some good practice in ruby programming so that i am confident about my
basics.Please could you'll provide some links to sites or certain books which
have topic wise questions in ruby(for ruby scripting).Thanks a lot for all the help...
--
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Your scope of thinking is too narrow. You want general problems that can be
interpreted for any language.
Project Euler and Rosalind are great for it, and coding Katas are some to
go on as well. Sharpen your Google Fu, it will serve you well in the
future.
On May 19, 2013 11:21 AM, "buzz k." <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
Hey guys have been learning the basics of ruby and practicing some
simple ruby scripts. However i am looking for practice programming
questions/papers/material to test my knowledge and so that i can get
some good practice in ruby programming so that i am confident about my
basics.Please could you'll provide some links to sites or certain books which
have topic wise questions in ruby(for ruby scripting).Thanks a lot for all the help...
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.
Thanks a lot Stu and Brandon,
Stu the link is pretty helpful and the kind of thing i was looking
for.Will check the book u recommended 2.
Brandon i had actually seen Prolog Site and coding Katas and had already
solved some of those problems but the issue was that it barely required
the use of Hashes/Classes/Methods/Modules and even if it did since im a
newbie wasnt able to get where to apply it-Hence was looking for more
ruby topic specific questions.
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@Chad Perrin
LOVED the book 'Everyday Scripting with Ruby'
great book for learning both good scripting and ruby. One of the best
texts ive read and the well built exercises ensured clearing up of any
doubts or conceptual-doubts i had.
Also I am actually practicing direct scripting in ubuntu and it is
excellent practice.
Thanks for all the help..
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Here some resources :
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Ruby
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Ruby/CatalogRuby.htm
And, my favorite method, Github navigation:
go to project which interest you (can use www.ohloh.net)
see repository of the author
go to forked project
goto A
Oups, a goto!
Your scope of thinking is too narrow. You want general problems that can
be interpreted for any language.
Not necessarily, a site focused on Ruby challenges could allow you to
upload your code and check it's correctness. For example, rubeque.com and
rubymonk.com there are also sites like you describe which attempt to work
for any language, such as codechef.com, but I've never been very happy with
any of the ones like this that I've seen, they tend to favour low level
languages.
Project Euler and Rosalind are great for it, and coding Katas are some
to go on as well. Sharpen your Google Fu, it will serve you well in the
future.
Never tried Rosalind, but I'd be hesitant to recommend Project Euler. It
will sharpen your problem solving and algorithm skills, but won't require
you to learn anything about Ruby beyond some basic data types and
functions. It also requires a much better understanding of mathematics than
most people have, making many of the questions inaccessible.
-Josh
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Brandon Weaver <keystonelemur@gmail.com>wrote:
I haven't seen the "bastards book". I'll have to check that out.
These days, my favorites to recommend are:
1. either Everyday Scripting with Ruby or Eloquent Ruby (pick at least
one, maybe both)
2. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby
3. Ruby Best Practices
4. Metaprogramming Ruby
. . . pretty much in that order, for leaning to do quality software
development in Ruby in general. There is a glut of excellent
programming books for Ruby, however; our fun little language gets well
more than its fair share of good texts.
I also generally find myself compelled to point out that for purposes of
learning to do quality software development in Ruby, everyone should
avoid The Book of Ruby. It's awful, and I'm shocked that No Starch
Press published it.
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 04:41:52AM +0900, Stu wrote:
I felt the book Eloquent Ruby was a nice book to work through. It has
a small project which is used and build on throughout the book as new
concepts are learned then applied.http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/
Is also a nice read
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
I think the best approach to very early practice is to use the language
for purposes that are useful to the person wanting to practice.
Exercises, koans, and puzzles have their place, but doing administrative
scripting on Unix-like systems, simple library development to eliminate
duplicative coding for things that the programmer ends up doing over and
over again while writing other programs, and simple Web development with
eruby and very lightweight frameworks (e.g. Sinatra), are all great ways
to practice the craft at a beginner level.
Of course, some of that depends on using a Unix-like environment and
having some interest in the way things work beyond point-and-click
interfaces, so if you lack those things you may be stuck with exercises,
koans, and puzzles for a while.
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 04:44:49AM +0900, Brandon Weaver wrote:
Your scope of thinking is too narrow. You want general problems that can be
interpreted for any language.Project Euler and Rosalind are great for it, and coding Katas are some to
go on as well. Sharpen your Google Fu, it will serve you well in the
future.
--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Ubuntu is a good place to start. Hit up FreeBSD once your comfortable
enough to remove the training wheels. Also I want to second Chads
recommendation of MetaProgramming Ruby. It's does a great job
exploring the ruby object model and functional style.
~Stu
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:37 AM, buzz k. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
Also I am actually practicing direct scripting in ubuntu and it is
excellent practice.
Perhaps, but theory and algorithmic knowledge will rarely go amiss.
Personally I'd look up the Ruby style guide.
On May 19, 2013 3:31 PM, "Josh Cheek" <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Brandon Weaver <keystonelemur@gmail.com>wrote:
Your scope of thinking is too narrow. You want general problems that can
be interpreted for any language.Not necessarily, a site focused on Ruby challenges could allow you to
upload your code and check it's correctness. For example, rubeque.com and
rubymonk.com there are also sites like you describe which attempt to work
for any language, such as codechef.com, but I've never been very happy
with any of the ones like this that I've seen, they tend to favour low
level languages.Project Euler and Rosalind are great for it, and coding Katas are some
to go on as well. Sharpen your Google Fu, it will serve you well in the
future.Never tried Rosalind, but I'd be hesitant to recommend Project Euler. It
will sharpen your problem solving and algorithm skills, but won't require
you to learn anything about Ruby beyond some basic data types and
functions. It also requires a much better understanding of mathematics than
most people have, making many of the questions inaccessible.-Josh
Thanks for the sites especially rubeque.com very good site for
practicing and checking programs
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>
> Also I am actually practicing direct scripting in ubuntu and it is
> excellent practice.
I'm pleased you found it helpful.
Ubuntu is a good place to start. Hit up FreeBSD once your comfortable
enough to remove the training wheels. Also I want to second Chads
recommendation of MetaProgramming Ruby. It's does a great job
exploring the ruby object model and functional style.
FreeBSD is my favorite OS these days, so of course I'm going to agree
with you here -- and "remove the training wheels" is pretty much the
point in learning Ruby where you would read Metaprogramming Ruby, too.
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 05:26:44PM +0900, Stu wrote:
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:37 AM, buzz k. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Skip FreeBSD and put armored plating on that bike by going OpenBSD.
Ubuntu I would agree is newbie, but elitism on Linux vs BSD gets no where
fast.
On May 29, 2013 12:40 PM, "Chad Perrin" <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 05:26:44PM +0900, Stu wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:37 AM, buzz k. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> >
> > Also I am actually practicing direct scripting in ubuntu and it is
> > excellent practice.I'm pleased you found it helpful.
>
> Ubuntu is a good place to start. Hit up FreeBSD once your comfortable
> enough to remove the training wheels. Also I want to second Chads
> recommendation of MetaProgramming Ruby. It's does a great job
> exploring the ruby object model and functional style.FreeBSD is my favorite OS these days, so of course I'm going to agree
with you here -- and "remove the training wheels" is pretty much the
point in learning Ruby where you would read Metaprogramming Ruby, too.--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Skip FreeBSD and put armored plating on that bike by going OpenBSD.
That's an option, too. I plan to build an OpenBSD router/firewall for
my network this week -- but I'm still using FreeBSD on my laptop.
Ubuntu I would agree is newbie, but elitism on Linux vs BSD gets no where
fast.
I didn't take any of this as being about "elitism". Maybe I missed
something.
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 02:54:51AM +0900, Brandon Weaver wrote:
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
More of a warning because when it starts it goes fast
On May 29, 2013 1:04 PM, "Chad Perrin" <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 02:54:51AM +0900, Brandon Weaver wrote:
>
> Skip FreeBSD and put armored plating on that bike by going OpenBSD.That's an option, too. I plan to build an OpenBSD router/firewall for
my network this week -- but I'm still using FreeBSD on my laptop.>
> Ubuntu I would agree is newbie, but elitism on Linux vs BSD gets no where
> fast.I didn't take any of this as being about "elitism". Maybe I missed
something.--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
--- flame on ---
Skip FreeBSD and put armored plating on that bike by going OpenBSD.
That's an option, too. I plan to build an OpenBSD router/firewall for
my network this week -- but I'm still using FreeBSD on my laptop.Ubuntu I would agree is newbie, but elitism on Linux vs BSD gets no where
fast.I didn't take any of this as being about "elitism". Maybe I missed
something.--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Sure, go ahead... But when you grow up and need just to get the job done quickly, get a mac (and a life).
j/k
--- flame off ---
Seriously, OpenBSD for learning ruby? You're talking about systems that don't even have native flash supports and it's 2013...
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On 29 Μαϊ 2013, at 20:02 , Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 02:54:51AM +0900, Brandon Weaver wrote:
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The wise man said: "Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."
I think you read to much into it as it wasn't a vs. thing. I could
have easily suggested gentoo or funtoo over ubuntu. In fact the
suggestion for BSD in general is to explore diversity and see the
contrast. Maybe in the same regard as suggesting Scheme, Smalltalk or
( awk and posix ) to the the OP to better see how Ruby's syntax
evolved from other languages.
The idea is to recommend "software"/"thing" for use evaluation to find
the best fit for their personal taste and/or level of expertise. In no
way to "tell" them what to do. reread both your statement and mine
tell me which one comes off more or less pithy.
I have been working with BSD since the 90's and my recommendation
didn't come with any intentions to create a vs debate nor will it
ever. In the world of open source diversity and the freedom to choose
(with experience to know what to choose) is the sign of a master
craftsmen who, does not need to be told what to do; while
understanding the true cost of freedom with the sheer power at their
fingertips while flowing between both ruby and the shell.
Non the less good luck OP. Happy hacking and enjoy your time grokking
a great and unique language created by a programmer who truly thinks
differently and "gets" the joy of programming.
~Stu
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Brandon Weaver <keystonelemur@gmail.com> wrote:
More of a warning because when it starts it goes fast
On May 29, 2013 1:04 PM, "Chad Perrin" <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 02:54:51AM +0900, Brandon Weaver wrote:
>
> Skip FreeBSD and put armored plating on that bike by going OpenBSD.That's an option, too. I plan to build an OpenBSD router/firewall for
my network this week -- but I'm still using FreeBSD on my laptop.>
> Ubuntu I would agree is newbie, but elitism on Linux vs BSD gets no
> where
> fast.I didn't take any of this as being about "elitism". Maybe I missed
something.--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Seriously, it's 2013 and you are talking about systems in terms of whether they have flash support?
Sam
On 05/30/2013 10:20 AM, Panagiotis Atmatzidis wrote:
Seriously, OpenBSD for learning ruby? You're talking about systems that don't even have native flash supports and it's 2013...
<incredulous>flash still being used in 2013?</incredulous>
On May 30, 2013, at 12:20 AM, Panagiotis Atmatzidis <atma@convalesco.org> wrote:
don't even have native flash supports and it's 2013…