From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2008-02-23T20:44:22+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: Teach yourself Ruby - the hard way!

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Martin DeMello
<martindemello@gmail.com> wrote:
> A frequent question from Ruby newcomers is "Okay, I've read the
>  tutorials - now what?". To that end, I'm putting together a series of
>  tutorials, each of which leads the student step by step through the
>  construction of a complete ruby program. There are no answers and no
>  explanations provided - rather, each question is followed by a hint
>  containing relevant topics to be looked up in the Pickaxe, on Google,
>  etc.
>
>  The entry-level program is an arithmetic tutor; the reader is assumed
>  to have worked their way through Chris Pine's tutorial, and have a
>  copy of the docs handy. (Later programs will assume that the reader
>  has done the previous ones). Here's the first, tentative draft -
>  comments and suggestions welcomed.
>
>  http://zem.novylen.net/ruby/tutorial/arithmetic-quiz/arith.html
>
>  martin
>
>

Nice work Martin, I suggest however that you do a
gsub("function","method") on your text, there are just no functions in
Ruby.
What do you think?
Cheers
Robert

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