Week 5 - Ruby Refresher

[Molly]

Hello, everyone,

Thank you all, for being so flexible today. I very much appreciate it!

Last week, I told you all that I'd introduce you to the Mini-Projects today. But as I worked on the Mini-Project details last week, I realized that we need to cover a few things first. Specifically, we need to get more comfortable with Ruby and also Rails. I've posted the updated schedule on the thread titled: #HourofCode - Winter 2015 Schedule. 

This week, we'll refresh our Ruby skills and learn some new ones. Next week, we'll start practicing with Rails!

Week 5 (Feb 2nd): Ruby Refresher

Today, I'd like everyone to go over to CodeCademy.org and start their Ruby tutorial:

Once you're on the Ruby page, scroll down until you see the list of Ruby tutorial sections. 

I highly recommend you complete the six (6) sections above, including:

• Introduction to Ruby
• Putting the Form in Formatter
• Control Flow in Ruby
• Thith Meanth War!
• Loops & Iterators
• Redacted!

These sections go by very quickly, and the topics are short and straight-forward in each section. However, this can be a lot of material to learn in one day. Therefore, break-up this material over the course of several days. Do two sections today, do another two sections mid-week, and do the last two sections over next weekend. 

Next week, we'll start working on Rails! And you will need to be comfortable with the above material to understand what we talk about next Monday (Feb 9th)!

Thanks so much, all! Please post any questions or comments you have about this material as a reply to this discussion thread, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!