Comments on: Which 21 topics would YOU suggest for an Advanced Ruby Course and why? http://rubylearning.com/blog/2008/08/26/which-21-topics-would-you-suggest-for-an-advanced-ruby-course-and-why/ Helping Ruby Programmers become Awesome Fri, 18 May 2012 22:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: RelatedPosts plugin with Thesis - DIY Themes Forums http://rubylearning.com/blog/2008/08/26/which-21-topics-would-you-suggest-for-an-advanced-ruby-course-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-83731 RelatedPosts plugin with Thesis - DIY Themes Forums Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:47:46 +0000 http://rubylearning.com/blog/?p=314#comment-83731 [...] id="navlist"> However, I don't see the images for bullets as you can see here - Which 21 topics would YOU suggest for an Advanced Ruby Course and why? — RubyLearning Blog Obviously (not knowing css and php much) I am doing something wrong. Could someone help please? [...] [...] id="navlist"> However, I don’t see the images for bullets as you can see here – Which 21 topics would YOU suggest for an Advanced Ruby Course and why? — RubyLearning Blog Obviously (not knowing css and php much) I am doing something wrong. Could someone help please? [...]

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]]> By: Shashank Date http://rubylearning.com/blog/2008/08/26/which-21-topics-would-you-suggest-for-an-advanced-ruby-course-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-82239 Shashank Date Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:14:35 +0000 http://rubylearning.com/blog/?p=314#comment-82239 I would recommend the following topics in a generic Advanced Ruby course: 1. Ruby Object Model 2. Ruby Metaprogramming 3. Writing DSLs using Ruby 4. Ruby Threads 5. Embedding/Extending Ruby 6. Ruby unit testing using mock objects 7. Performance tuning: using profiler 8. Design Patterns in Ruby The following topics can also be considered advanced, but they are for specific audience: 1. Network Programming (Sockets, Net::HTTP/SMTP etc) 2. GUI programming using FxRuby/wxRuby/Shoes etc 3. Special Libraries (PDF generation, Hpricot etc) 4. Ruby for SysAdmins (OS Specific nuances of Ruby) 5. ORMs (ActiveRecord, Og etc) I would not consider other implementations of Ruby (JRuby, Ruby.NET etc) as Advanced Ruby. Hope that helps. I would recommend the following topics in a generic Advanced Ruby course:
1. Ruby Object Model
2. Ruby Metaprogramming
3. Writing DSLs using Ruby
4. Ruby Threads
5. Embedding/Extending Ruby
6. Ruby unit testing using mock objects
7. Performance tuning: using profiler
8. Design Patterns in Ruby

The following topics can also be considered advanced, but they are for specific audience:
1. Network Programming (Sockets, Net::HTTP/SMTP etc)
2. GUI programming using FxRuby/wxRuby/Shoes etc
3. Special Libraries (PDF generation, Hpricot etc)
4. Ruby for SysAdmins (OS Specific nuances of Ruby)
5. ORMs (ActiveRecord, Og etc)

I would not consider other implementations of Ruby (JRuby, Ruby.NET etc) as Advanced Ruby.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Duncan Beevers http://rubylearning.com/blog/2008/08/26/which-21-topics-would-you-suggest-for-an-advanced-ruby-course-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-80711 Duncan Beevers Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:29:05 +0000 http://rubylearning.com/blog/?p=314#comment-80711 +1 Karmen Blake's suggestions +1 Peter Cooper's suggestions I'd recommend material covering the functionality of the core libraries with special attention paid to Enumerable module, as well as the File, FileUtils classes. Covering Gems is important as new rubyists need to know where we keep our tools. +1 Karmen Blake’s suggestions
+1 Peter Cooper’s suggestions

I’d recommend material covering the functionality of the core libraries with special attention paid to Enumerable module, as well as the File, FileUtils classes.

Covering Gems is important as new rubyists need to know where we keep our tools.

]]> By: James Edward Gray II http://rubylearning.com/blog/2008/08/26/which-21-topics-would-you-suggest-for-an-advanced-ruby-course-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-80702 James Edward Gray II Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:15:20 +0000 http://rubylearning.com/blog/?p=314#comment-80702 I agree with the suggestion that it's hard to find topics that will appeal to all. Given that, I would probably try to base an "advanced" course on three or for not-so-trivial examples instead of narrow topics. In building up the examples, I could show some Rubyish class design, refactoring with metaprogramming, etc. Well chosen examples could also allow me to dive pretty deep into certain areas. I/O or network communications for example. Well, that's my two cents worth. Hope it helps. I agree with the suggestion that it’s hard to find topics that will appeal to all. Given that, I would probably try to base an “advanced” course on three or for not-so-trivial examples instead of narrow topics.

In building up the examples, I could show some Rubyish class design, refactoring with metaprogramming, etc. Well chosen examples could also allow me to dive pretty deep into certain areas. I/O or network communications for example.

Well, that’s my two cents worth. Hope it helps.

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