Welcome to Ruby!

Setup

• Check out the git repository

    git clone git://github.com/blazingcloud/ruby_lessons.git
  

• Install RSpec

    gem install rspec
  

• Configure RSpec (optional). If you're running a bash shell, you can put the following in your .bash_profile to make the output a bit nicer.

    alias rspec="rspec --color --format nested"
  

• For lesson 14

    gem install fakeweb
  

Resources

###Ruby Language

• ruby-lang.org
  • Documentation -> Ruby from Other Languages
• rubyist.net

###Good online references for Ruby & Rails

• ruby-doc.org
• gotapi
• apidock

###When you have a question...

First, search for the answer (keywords, exact error string)

• Google
• http://www.ruby-forum.com
• http://stackoverflow.com/

If you didn’t find the answer and you need to ask your question:

1. Include version numbers: $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [universal-darwin9.0]
2. Note where you have already looked for an answer
3. If you can, include code snippets that reproduce the problem in isolation

###Other good resources

• rubular for regular expressions
• irb
• Ruby Toolbox for picking and learning about gems

Related Projects

• TestFirst.org
• Ruby Koans
• Ruby Mission
• RailsBridge
• Test-Driven presentation by Ale Chaffee

As a last resort

• Solutions

Credits

• Test-First Teaching Concept by Alex Chaffee
• All exercises cross-published at TestFirst.org where some were created in collaboration with Liah Hansen
• Most examples and class by Sarah Allen