Code The Dream Ruby on Rails Class: Lessons 3 and 4

This repository provides a brief introduction to the Ruby language. It is assumed that students already know JavaScript, and are familiar with the basic concepts of a programming language.

The assignment and lesson information is linked below:

Lesson 3
Assignment 3
Lesson 4
Assignment 4

Learning Objectives for Lesson 3

• Introduction to Ruby for students who know JavaScript
• Learn the basic syntax of a ruby program
• Understand how Ruby differs from JavaScript
• Ruby implementation variables, comments, functions
• Learn to write basic Ruby programs
• Understand Ruby symbols and hashes
• Know where to find Ruby references

Learning Objectives for Lesson 4

• Understand blocks in Ruby
• Ruby functions
• Classes, instances of a class, instance variables
• Getters and setters
• Ruby modules and the require statement
• Understand the Ruby standard library
• Understand gems