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.

Learning Ruby and used to working with PHP? Here are some useful tips when crossing over.

Ruby is a one of the most popular languages used on the web. We’ve started a new Session here on Nettuts+ that will introduce you to Ruby, as well as the great frameworks and tools that go along with Ruby development. In this episode, we’ll be looking at Tilt, an all-inclusive wrapper gem for Ruby template engines.

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

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.

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

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

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.