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Learn Ruby

Codecademy

5 recommenders · 5 threads · recommended in 4 years, 2016–2023 · score 4.0

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An interactive beginner course from Codecademy that teaches the Ruby programming language basics, including syntax and conventions. It is offered free as a browser-based lesson series.

Commenters call it a simple, beginner-friendly starting point for learning Ruby syntax before moving on to Sinatra or Rails.

Programming Languagesbeginnerfreeinteractive MOOC#ruby#syntax#beginner#programming basics#codecademy

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20162023

On Reddit (5)

  1. RecommendsConstant_Wall_7646r/learnprogramming2023in “Where to begin learning Ruby”▲ 0

    The Odin Project is a great start! Also, check out Codecademy for their free Ruby course – it's quite beginner-friendly. As for books, 'Learn to Program' by Chris Pine and 'Ruby the Hard Way' by Zed Shaw are both well-regarded by new Ruby devs. Happy coding and have a blast with your internship!

  2. Recommendsimnosr/webdev2022in “If you were tasked with creating a Reddit clone what would your stack be?”

    Maybe your team loves writing bad Ruby code haha. Ruby is probably the easiest language to pick up because of it's simple syntax. That's why many coding bootcamps use it for the first few weeks. Try going through the Codecademy Ruby course and you'll see it's simple. The language was literally…

  3. Recommendscodeintheshader/learnprogramming2018in “What is the best place to learn Ruby?”

    I'm a little late to the party, but here's a complete learning path that will get you up to speed and writing good code super quickly. I'd recommend starting out with Learn to Program, by Chris Pine and the Ruby course at code Codecademy. These a pretty basic, but a solid foundation for you to…

  4. Recommendssv0341r/learnprogramming2018in “Ruby: Need help understanding beginner code: creating a hash”

    I recommend rubymonk or the ruby course at codecademy. That should give you a good primer/start into the language. Congrats. Nice language choice.

  5. Recommendscrossanloganr/webdev2016in “Have you been hired as a web developer without a degree?”▲ 2

    if you want to do backend webdev, i'd recommend picking up ruby. take the codecademy ruby course to familiarize yourself with the syntax and some of the conventions, then use sinatra to get a little web app going. once you've familiarized yourself with all the pain points that come from doing a…

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