Ruby Tutorials

Speed up your program using ruby threads

This extensive tutorial runs through the main aspects of Ruby. It contains example code on the main constructs, using object-oriented aspects of the language, dealing with Exceptions, advanced topics, and more. It's a good start to getting your feet wet in Ruby.

Testing fever has infected the Ruby programming community, and the infection is spreading. One of the most promising innovations in testing in the past year is the introduction and rapid growth of RSpec, a behavior-driven testing tool. Learn how RSpec can change the way you think about testing.

Extend existing ruby methods to add your own functionality while retaining previous functionality.

This is a detailed beginner's introduction to Ruby. It covers general language constructs like loops, arrays, and collections, and it also covers more intermediate topics like regular expressions, file IO, object oriented programming, and exceptions.

The facets gem is packed full of common functionality that is certainly welcome along-side of the standard library. If you are not using it, chances are you SHOULD be.

Use inheritance features of Ruby to create a small auto-registering plugin pattern.

Quick yet effective way to clean up simplistic blocks

Be confused no more! metaclasses and metaprogramming explained with great ease.

Commander is a Ruby Gem aimed towards simplifying the sub-command/master-command structure of many executables. (dont forget to watch the screencast)