CSE 341 -- Ruby

• Running Ruby
  • Running Ruby - Quickstart (probably all you need). You could also look at the detailed instructions from Winter 2015 if you need additional help, although some links may be obsolete.
  • tutorial on Ruby mode for emacs

• Ruby Introduction
  • pptx
  • pdf
  • lecture summary
  • PosRational.rb
• Blocks and Procs
  • pptx
  • pdf
  • lecture summary
  • blocks_inheritance.rb
  • block_proc.rb (converting between blocks and procs)
• Inheritance and Mixins
  • pptx
  • pdf
  • mixins.rb (examples of mixins). Also see the Ruby documentation for Comparable and Emumerable.
  • self_super.rb (self and super, including mixins)
  • For comparison with other languages (not for the faint-of-heart):
    • Multiple inheritance: see Multiple Inheritance in Python, and also the Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order
    • Metaclasses (especially in Smalltalk-80): Wikipedia article on metaclasses
• Coercing Numeric Types
  • mycomplex.rb (useful for Assignment 8)
• Reflection
  • Reflection
  • octopus.rb (example class)
• Unit testing in Ruby: PosRationalTester.rb. Unit testing gem: minitest

Mini-Exercises

• Ruby Mini-exercises #1; solution

External Links

• Ruby home page (includes downloads)
• Ruby in 20 minutes (quick overview)
• Ruby API documentation
• Programming Ruby (first 8 chapters of the first edition of the suggested Ruby textbook)