Tag: Ruby roadmap

  • Ruby Tutorial Roadmap

    Introduction to Ruby

    Overview of Ruby

    Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented, and open-source programming language known for its simplicity, readability, and developer productivity. It is widely used for web development, scripting, automation, and backend development (notably with Ruby on Rails).

    Ruby Programming Language

    • History and evolution of Ruby
    • Philosophy: “Developer happiness”

    Comparison with Other Programming Languages

    • Ruby vs Java
    • Ruby vs Python
    • Ruby vs C++

    Importance of Ruby

    • Clean and expressive syntax
    • Strong object-oriented features
    • Large ecosystem and community
    • Ideal for rapid application development

    Basic Ruby Example

    • Writing and understanding a simple Ruby program

    Basic Concepts in Ruby

    Ruby Keywords

    • Reserved words and their usage

    Ruby Data Types

    • Numbers
    • Strings
    • Symbols
    • Arrays
    • Hashes
    • Booleans

    Types of Variables in Ruby

    • Local variables
    • Instance variables
    • Class variables
    • Global variables

    Global Variables

    • Usage and scope of global variables

    Literals

    • Numeric literals
    • String literals
    • Symbol literals

    Ruby Directories

    • Understanding Ruby file and directory structure

    Control Statements in Ruby

    Decision-Making Statements

    • if statement
    • if-else statement
    • if-else-if
    • Ternary operator

    Loops in Ruby

    • for loop
    • while loop
    • do..while loop
    • until loop

    Case Statement

    • Using case for conditional logic

    Control Flow Alteration

    • break and next statements
    • redo and retry statements

    File Handling in Ruby

    File Operations

    • Creating files
    • Reading files
    • Writing to files
    • Closing files

    Methods in Ruby

    Ruby Methods

    • Defining and calling methods

    Method Visibility

    • Public
    • Private
    • Protected

    Recursion in Ruby

    • Recursive method calls

    Ruby Hook Methods

    • Lifecycle hook methods

    Ruby Range Class Methods

    • Working with ranges and their methods

    Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Ruby

    OOP Concepts

    • Principles of object-oriented programming

    Classes and Objects

    • Creating classes and objects

    Private Classes

    • Access control in Ruby classes

    Freezing Objects

    • Preventing object modification using freeze

    Inheritance in Ruby

    • Parent and child classes

    Polymorphism

    • Method overriding and dynamic behavior

    Encapsulation

    • Data hiding using access control

    Mixins

    • Using modules as mixins

    Instance Variables

    • Defining and accessing instance variables

    Data Abstraction

    • Hiding implementation details

    Exception Handling in Ruby

    Ruby Exceptions

    • Types of exceptions

    Exception Handling

    • begin, rescue, ensure

    Catch and Throw

    • Non-local exits using catch and throw

    Exception Handling in Threads

    • Managing errors in multithreaded programs

    Exception Class

    • Exception class hierarchy and methods

    Regular Expressions in Ruby

    Ruby Regex

    • Pattern matching basics

    Search and Replace

    • Using regex for search and replace operations

    Ruby Built-in Classes

    Float Class

    • Floating-point operations

    Integer Class

    • Integer operations

    Symbol Class

    • Symbols and their use cases

    Struct Class

    • Lightweight data structures

    Ruby Modules

    Ruby Module Basics

    • Creating and using modules

    Comparable Module

    • Object comparison

    Math Module

    • Mathematical functions

    Include vs Extend

    • Differences and use cases

    Collections in Ruby

    Arrays

    • Creating and manipulating arrays

    Strings

    • String basics
    • String interpolation

    Hashes

    • Hash basics
    • Working with key-value pairs

    Multithreading in Ruby

    Introduction to Threading

    • Basics of multithreading

    Thread Lifecycle

    • Thread states and execution flow

    Miscellaneous Topics

    Iterators in Ruby

    • Types of iterators

    Getters and Setters

    • Attribute readers and writers