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General Overview
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Ruby is a programming language that, like all programming languages, is supposed to be "the One." I (JM) have found that with every new computer language that claims it is the last one you have to learn, it often does happen that it becomes the last one you learn because you just get too busy to learn a new one. I'm determined to learn Ruby (my students have been using it for over 5 years now and I always try in vain to catch up to them).
Here's my first basic Ruby program:
10.times do puts "RISD"
end
What this program does is it prints RISD 10 times. Okay this is a start.
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Tips, Tricks & How-Tos
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I will want to fill this out.
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Not Recommended
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I think that Ruby is a fairly general-purpose language so it goes with everything.
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Safety Information
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Note: All safety information contained here within is pure recommendation, and its sole purpose is to help students work safer. This should in no way be considered a professional statement or a replacement for reading product information. Please read all instructions included with products before use.
Like all languages, if you mess with Ruby the wrong way you can delete all your files. That's bad.
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Availability
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It's pre-installed on the newest release of MacOS X.
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External Links
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This is a nice tutorial.
http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/
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NOTE: All information contained within this article is pure opinion. Although this article is intended to help students, it may contain faulty or misleading information. This article is not to be considered professional opinion or advice, and is in no way a replacement for reading all safety/instructional documentation. Always remember to protect yourself when handling/using hazardous materials, as well as test new techniques before using them on projects/work intended to be handed in or used.
RISDpedia and its contributers take NO responsibility for the information contained within.
RISDpedia is not an official site of the Rhode Island School of Design.
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