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Ruby For Programmers (Udemy.com)

The essentials of Ruby programming – without the waffle!

Created by: Huw Collingbourne

Last updated August 2019

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What you will learn

  • Learn the essentials of Ruby programming
  • Identify Ruby's strengths and weaknesses
  • Know How Ruby's Object Orientation works
  • Understand key features of Ruby: modules, mixins, arrays, hashes, loops, blocks and IO

How it compares

Against the other 81 rated Udemy courses in Ruby on Rails on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 43% of them
  • Reviews600#17 of 82 by number of reviews
  • Length2.6 hoursshorter than 81% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2019earlier than 62% of them

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Course Description

This course is a fast introduction to the Ruby language for experienced programmers.
Maybe you are already a programmer (in some other language such as Java, C or Python) so you don't need a Ruby course that wastes time on telling you how programs work. This course gets straight down to business. It tells you what Ruby is all about, what makes it similar to other languages - and what makes it different. It explains the stuff you really need to know. It won't bog you down by trying to describe every gnarly little corner of the language. It concentrates on the essentials - with no unnecessary padding. If you need to get to grips with Ruby fast, this is the course for you.
Or maybe you've already learnt the basics of Ruby and you are looking for a quick way to revise your knowledge. With its video tutorials downloadable 'cheat-sheets' and interactive quizzes, Ruby For Programmers focuses on the most important features of Ruby and puts your knowledge to the test.
The course instructor Huw Collingbourne is the author of The Book Of Ruby. Huw has already taught over 22,000 people to program on Udemy.
Ruby is a cross-platform, object-oriented language. Ruby can not only be used for writing standalone programs but it can also be used for creating dynamic web sites thanks to web frameworks such as Rails. If you are already an experienced programmer in some other language, or if you've started learning Ruby and you need a clear, simple way to revise your knowledge, Ruby For Programmers is course for you.Who this course is for:
  • Programmers with experience of some other language such as Python, C or Java who want to learn the essentials of Ruby quickly
  • Ruby learners maybe you already know some Ruby and you want to revise or extend your knowledge
  • Non-programmers who need to work with Ruby developers and understand the basics

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Instructor Details

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Huw Collingbourne is the technology director at SapphireSteel Software, developers of programming tools for Microsoft Visual Studio. He is author of The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book Of Recursion from Bitwise Books and of The Book Of Ruby from No Starch Press. He runs Bitwise Courses and teaches courses on a range of programming topics.
Huw has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is a well-known technology writer in the UK. For over ten years he wrote the Delphi and Java programming column for PC Plus Magazine. He has also written numerous opinion and programming columns (including tutorials on C#, C++, Smalltalk and Ruby) for a number of computer magazines, such as Computer Shopper, PC Pro, and PC Plus.
In the 1980s he was a pop music journalist and interviewed most of the New Romantic stars, such as Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, Boy George, and Depeche Mode. He is now writing a series of 1980s murder mysteries.
At various times Huw has been a magazine publisher, editor, and TV broadcaster. He has an MA in English from the University of Cambridge and holds a 2nd dan black belt in aikido, a martial art which he teaches in North Devon, UK. The aikido comes in useful when trying (usually unsuccessfully) to keep his Pyrenean Mountain Dogs under some semblance of control.

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Reviews

4.3

600 ratings on Udemy

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It's awesome!

The audio could be louder.

all right yeeee haaaa awesome!!!!

I did not like the structure of the content and the style of the instructor. Compare it to the courses of S. Grinder for example, the difference is very obvious.

Too basic and too little detail to have any real learning

The array/hash segment is very good and clear.

Perfect balance of Ruby specifics and not programming basics!

Well explained, clear and easy to understand.

Really good instructor. Slow and patient with great visuals!

Goes really quickly over the features of the language. Quite often the why is left out.

This was a great, concise refresher into ruby having been a Javascript developer these past few years. The quizzes helped check my understanding, and having a "final" further ties it together, focusing on what sets Ruby apart.

It's good but it's very expository/theoretical (no real exercises so far) and code examples aren't always clear.

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Overall Score : 86 / 100