The Well Grounded Rubyist - book notes
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Basic literacy
Ruby anatomy
Extensions & libraries
Std tools
Ruby anatomy
Extensions & libraries
Std tools
Talking to objects
Creating an object
Innate behaviors
Method arguments
Local variables
Creating an object
Innate behaviors
Method arguments
Local variables
Instances
Instance variables
Setter methods
Attributes
Inheritance
Classes as objects
Constants
"Nature vs Nurture"
Instance variables
Setter methods
Attributes
Inheritance
Classes as objects
Constants
"Nature vs Nurture"
Creating & usage
Method lookups
Design & naming conventions
Method lookups
method_missingDesign & naming conventions
Intro
Global & local scopes
Private & protected methods
Top-level methods
Global & local scopes
Private & protected methods
Top-level methods
Conditional execution (
Repeating execution (
Iterating execution
Errors & exceptions
if)Repeating execution (
loop)Iterating execution
Errors & exceptions
Literals
Recurrent syntactic sugar
Bang methods & "danger"
Conversion methods
Boolean ops
Comparisons
Inspecting objects
Recurrent syntactic sugar
Bang methods & "danger"
Conversion methods
Boolean ops
Comparisons
Inspecting objects
Strings
Symbols
Numbers
Times & Dates
Symbols
Numbers
Times & Dates
Arrays vs Hashes
Collections with Arrays
Hashes
Ranges
Sets
Collections with Arrays
Hashes
Ranges
Sets
eachBoolean queries
Searches & selections
Element-wise ops
Related ops
mapStrings as quasi-enumerables
Sorting
Advanced
Method chains
Lazy enumerators
Intro
Writing
Building patterns
Matching, substrings & MatchData
Quantifiers, anchors & modifiers
String <=> Regex conversions
Common ops that use regexes
Writing
Building patterns
Matching, substrings & MatchData
Quantifiers, anchors & modifiers
String <=> Regex conversions
Common ops that use regexes
IO class basics
Basic file ops
File & IO object queries
File tools
Basic file ops
File & IO object queries
DirFile tools
Singletons
Modifying Ruby core classes & modules
Modifying Ruby core classes & modules
BasicObjectProclambda & ->evalThreads
System commands from inside Ruby
Callbacks & hooks
Object capability queries
Variables & constants
Tracing program execution
Callbacks & method inspection:
Object capability queries
Variables & constants
Tracing program execution
Callbacks & method inspection:
MiniTest
"Pure" functions
Immutability
Higher-order functions
Recursion
Immutability
Higher-order functions
Recursion