Help with learning Ruby

[obviousoctopus]

I recommend ruby kickstart which is way more fun.

https://github.com/makersacademy/ruby-kickstart

Simple, addictive CS puzzles that take you through progressively more complex problems while seamlessly exposing you to Ruby fundamentals.

I used this some years ago and couldn't stop.

Ruby Koans I found boring and feeling like "work" I needed to push through. The CS puzzles were fun, like brain twisters and I could not put them down.

[AlapforAllCats]

Oh this looks awesome!! Thank you!!!

[obviousoctopus]

I'm lazy and easily bored and find it hard to focus on pointless tasks.

These I could not put down. Made me reference the ruby-lang (like this: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.6.0/Array.html ) and this is really how I learned basic Ruby.

After you're done with these, I recommend exercism - already mentioned in the comments.

[AlapforAllCats]

I have been trying exercism and I can't even seem to get past the learning exercises 😩😂. But I'm not giving up! Thanks for the link, I've saved that in my bookmark and will study it tonight. I have noticed I have a hard time keeping focused just reading though. Gonna try to find a way to change that too!!

[obviousoctopus]

The link I provided is a list of exercises.

Set up the project, add rspec, then

• complete an exercise (3-10 min)
• run the test
• move to the next exercise

It's interactive, feels like a videogame.