Ruby Tutorials

Speed up your program using ruby threads

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Learn about the flip flop operators and how they can save you time, keeping your Ruby scripts clean.

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