Tutorial series

How To Code in Ruby

Author(s)

By Milecia McGregor, Brian Hogan, Lisa Tagliaferri, Jeanelle Horcasitas and Tony Tran

Introduction

Ruby is a popular object-oriented programming language. You can use Ruby to write anything from simple scripts to complex web applications. Open your favorite text editor and follow these tutorials to start exploring Ruby.

Tutorials in series

Tutorial

How To Install Ruby and Set Up a Local Programming Environment on Ubuntu 22.04

January 27, 2023
6 min read

Tutorial

How To Install Ruby on Rails with rbenv on Ubuntu 22.04

January 25, 2023
6 min read

Tutorial

How To Write Your First Ruby Program

July 1, 2017
5 min read

Tutorial

How To Use IRB to Explore Ruby

October 26, 2017
8 min read

Tutorial

How To Use Comments in Ruby

September 28, 2017
7 min read

Tutorial

Understanding Data Types in Ruby

October 6, 2017
10 min read

Tutorial

How To Work with Strings in Ruby

July 24, 2017
14 min read

Tutorial

How To Work with String Methods in Ruby

October 17, 2017
9 min read

Tutorial

How To Work with Arrays in Ruby

October 6, 2017
9 min read

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