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Registrations are now open for RubyLearning’s popular Ruby programming course. This is an intensive, online course for beginners that helps you get started with Ruby programming.

Here is what Sandra Randall (Butler), a participant who just graduated, has to say – “You kindly offered me the opportunity to join your Ruby course. I’m new to development and found the course, even though basic for programmers, a little tricky for me. I managed to complete all of the assessments and really learnt a lot. Thank you very much for the opportunity. It has really given me the push I needed to learn Ruby and I’m currently treading my way through both the pickaxe and Agile Development books and enjoying it. I’ve recently been offered a position as a Junior Systems Developer at a local Software house in South Africa – all thanks to the push you gave me which gave me the motivation and drive to get going.”

What’s Ruby?

According to http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ – “Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. Ruby’s elegant syntax is natural to read and easy to write.”

Yukihiro Matsumoto, the creator of Ruby, in an interview says -

I believe people want to express themselves when they program. They don’t want to fight with the language. Programming languages must feel natural to programmers. I tried to make people enjoy programming and concentrate on the fun and creative part of programming when they use Ruby.

What Will I Learn?

In the Ruby programming course, you will learn the essential features of Ruby that you will end up using every day. You will also be introduced to Git, GitHub, HTTP concepts, RubyGems, Rack and Heroku.

Depending on participation levels, we throw a Ruby coding challenge in the mix, appropriate for the level we are at. We have been known to give out a prize or two for the ‘best’ solution.

Who’s It For?

A beginner with some knowledge of programming..

You can read what past participants have to say about the course.

Testimonials Natasha Murashev Melanie Shebel Mani Maran M

Mentors

Satish Talim, Michael Kohl, Satoshi Asakawa, Victor Goff III and others from the RubyLearning team.

Dates

The course starts on Saturday, 3rd Mar. 2012 and runs for seven weeks.

RubyLearning’s IRC Channel

Most of the mentors and students hang out at RubyLearning’s IRC (irc.freenode.net) channel (#rubylearning.org) for both technical and non-technical discussions. Everyone benefits with the active discussions on Ruby with the mentors.

How do I register and pay the course fees?

The course is based on the The Ultimate Guide to Ruby Programming eBook. This book is normally priced at US$ 19.95 and we are discounting it US$ 10.00 by combining it in the Course+eBook option below. You can pay either by Paypal or send cash via Western Union Money Transfer or by bank transfer (if you are in India). The fees collected helps RubyLearning maintain the site, this Ruby course, the Ruby eBook, and provide quality content to you. Once you pay the fees below, register on the RubyLearning.org site and send us your name and registered email id while creating an account at RubyLearning.org to satish [at] rubylearning [dot] com We will enroll you into the course. If you have purchased the eBook at the time of registration, we will personally email you the eBook within 24 hours.

You can pay the Course Fees by selecting one of the three options from the drop-down menu below. Please select your option and then click on the “Add to Cart” button.

At the end of this course you should have all the knowledge to explore the wonderful world of Ruby on your own.

Here are some details on how the course works:

Important:

Once the course starts, you can login and start with the lessons any day and time and post your queries in the forum under the relevant lessons. Someone shall always be there to answer them. Just to set the expectations correctly, there is no real-time ‘webcasting’.

Methodology:

The Mentors shall give you URL’s of pages and sometimes some extra notes; you need to read through. Read the pre-class reading material at a convenient time of your choice – the dates mentioned are just for your guideline. While reading, please make a note of all your doubts, queries, questions, clarifications, comments about the lesson and after you have completed all the pages, post these on the forum under the relevant lesson. There could be some questions that relate to something that has not been mentioned or discussed by the mentors thus far; you could post the same too. Please remember that with every post, do mention the operating system of your computer. The mentor shall highlight the important points that you need to remember for that day’s session. There could be exercises every day. Please do them. Participate in the forum for asking and answering questions or starting discussions. Share knowledge, and exchange ideas among yourselves during the course period. Participants are strongly encouraged to post technical questions, interesting articles, tools, sample programs or anything that is relevant to the class / lesson. Please do not post a simple "Thank you" note or "Hello" message to the forum. Please be aware that these messages are considered noises by people subscribed to the forum.

Outline of Work Expectations:

Most of the days, you will have exercises to solve. These are there to help you assimilate whatever you have learned till then. Some days may have some extra assignments / food for thought articles / programs Above all, do take part in the relevant forums. Past participants will confirm that they learned the best by active participation.

Some Commonly Asked Questions

Qs. Is there any specific time when I need to be online?
Ans. No. You need not be online at a specific time of the day. Qs. Is it important for me to take part in the course forums?
Ans. YES. You must Participate in the forum(s) for asking and answering questions or starting discussions. Share knowledge, and exchange ideas among yourselves (participants) during the course period. Participants are strongly encouraged to post technical questions, interesting articles, tools, sample programs or anything that is relevant to the class / lesson. Past participants will confirm that they learned the best by active participation. Qs. How much time do I need to spend online for a course, in a day?
Ans. This will vary from person to person. All depends upon your comfort level and the amount of time you want to spend on a particular lesson or task. Qs. Is there any specific set time for feedback (e.g., any mentor responds to me within 24 hours?)
Ans. Normally somebody should answer your query / question within 24 hours. Qs. What happens if nobody answers my questions / queries?
Ans. Normally, that will not happen. In case you feel that your question / query is not answered, then please post the same in the thread – “Any UnAnswered Questions / Queries”. Qs. What happens to the class (or forums) after a course is over? Can you keep it open for a few more days so that students can complete and discuss too?
Ans. The course and its forum is open for a month after the last day of the course.

Remember, the idea is to have fun learning Ruby.

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Programming for the Web with Ruby

Registrations are now open for RubyLearning’s FREE, online course on “Programming for the Web with Ruby“. Web-based applications offer numerous advantages, such as instant access, automatic upgrades, and opportunities for collaboration on a massive scale. However, creating Web applications requires different approaches than traditional applications and involves the integration of numerous technologies. The course topics would hopefully help those that have some knowledge of Ruby programming to get started with web programming (this does not cover Ruby on Rails).

Who’s It For?

Anyone with some knowledge of Ruby programming.

Dates

The course starts on Monday, 20th Feb. 2012 and runs for 2 weeks.

How do I register?

Updated (13th Feb. at 6.30 hrs IST): So far we have 1556 registrations.

Course Contents

DAY 1 Using Git

What’s Version Control What’s Git?

Downloading and Installing Git Create a local folder Let us start using Git Introduce yourself to Git Create your SSH Key

Using GitHub

What’s GitHub?

Set up your GitHub account Creating a new repository Add your SSH key to GitHub

Using RVM (for *nix)

What is RVM? Prerequisites Installing RVM Loading RVM into your shell Reload shell configuration and test Install a Ruby interpreter

Using pik (for Windows)

What’s pik? Installing pik Using pik

Exercise 1 DAY 2 Creating a simple webpage using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript

A Webpage, Step by Step Before we begin, Launch a Text Editor

Step 1: Start with content Step 2: Give the document structure Step 3: Identify text elements Step 4: Add an image Step 5: Change the look with a style sheet Add some JavaScript

Store your webpage files on GitHub Exercise 2 DAY 3 Understanding HTTP concepts

What’s HTTP?

Loading a web page

HTTP request methods (verbs)

GET POST PUT DELETE

Using cURL HTTP response codes net/http library

Using URI

Using open-uri Using Hpricot Using Nokogiri

Fetching documents from web Searching inside HTML documents

Exercise 3 DAY 4 Creating one’s own Ruby Gem

What’s a Ruby Gem? Let us create a simple Ruby library Steps for publishing our gem

DAY 5 and 6 Learning Rack

Revisiting Ruby’s proc object

my_proc1.rb

Rack Specification A simple Rack app – my_rack_proc

my_rack_proc.rb

Rack Documentation Rack Source Code Installing Rack gem

my_rack_proc2.rb

Another Rack app – my_method

my_rack2.rb

Using rackup

my_app.rb Using Rack::Request and Rack::Response A very basic practical Rack app Another practical Rack app Rack middleware Using Lobster

Rack::Builder

DAY 7 Deploying Pure Rack Apps to Heroku

What’s Heroku?

Create an account on Heroku Install Bundle Deploy your app to Heroku

DAY 8 Deploying a static webpage to Heroku DAY 9 What’s JSON? Using MongoDB with Ruby Mongo driver

What’s NoSQL? What’s MongoDB? Setup MongoDB MongoDB Core Concepts The Basics

Switch databases Insert a document Use find() Removing all documents Query Selectors Updating a document

MongoDB Ruby Driver – mongo

Installation Using the mongo gem Making a Connection Getting a List Of Collections Getting a Collection Inserting a Document Updating a Document

MongoHQ the hosted database

DAY 10 Sinatra with MongoDB

What’s Sinatra? Create a folder on your hard disk Install Sinatra Which web server? Our trivial Sinatra application ERB and View

ERB View Handlers and Form parameters

Work-In-Progress

References

The course contents is likely to change.

Mentors

Satish Talim, Michael Kohl, Victor Goff III and others from the RubyLearning team.

RubyLearning’s IRC Channel

Here are some details on how the course works:

Important:

Methodology:

Outline of Work Expectations:

Some Commonly Asked Questions

Remember, the idea is to have fun learning Ruby.

Acknowledgments

Al Snow for his various suggestions. Arvinder Singh Kang for the note on “Using RVM” Konstantin Haase for providing us with another practical Rack app. Matt Aimonetti for the GET/POST example related to Rack. Michael Kohl for proof reading and making relevant corrections to day 1 and 2 material. Oto Brglez for the note on “Using Nokogiri” Samnang Chhun for suggesting changes in day 1 material. Victor Goff for his various suggestions. Willian Molinari for creating the GitHub page for this project. Zhang Hailong for making relevant corrections in day 2 material.

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Ruby Programming 31st Batch: Registrations now open

What’s Ruby?

What Will I Learn?

Who’s It For?

Mentors

Dates

RubyLearning’s IRC Channel

How do I register and pay the course fees?

Important:

Methodology:

Outline of Work Expectations:

Some Commonly Asked Questions

FREE Online Course: Programming for the Web with Ruby

Programming for the Web with Ruby

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Dates

How do I register?

Course Contents

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RubyLearning’s IRC Channel

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Methodology:

Outline of Work Expectations:

Some Commonly Asked Questions

Acknowledgments

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