ruby the fun bits
DESCRIPTION
An introduction to all the things that make Ruby a fun programming language to learn.TRANSCRIPT
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And you are...
Audience Participation
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Ruby is...
Object OrientedDuck TypedOpen SourceInterpretedCross PlatformGarbage collectedSuccinctFlexibleExpressiveSemicolon-free (if you wish)
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Expressive
Explorable
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levitating Happycat
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Terminology
IRB Interactive Ruby
Gems Libraries / Packages
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Terminology
Duck typing
Object orientation
Translation:
Coding like a HUMAN
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CS101: Classes / Objects
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Classes != objects
class Cookie
def sugary_high
“Woot”end
end
kitten = Cookie.new
kitten.sugary_high #=> “Woot”
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But classes are objects
Cookie = Class.new do
def sugary_high
“Woot”end
end
kitten = Cookie.new
kitten.sugary_high #=> “Woot”
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Traditional stylee
if one == :boring_sod
“Old Skewl”
else
“Badass”
end
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What if...
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The good stuff
feel_the_awesome! if can_i_handle_it?
Ruled by convention(ignorable) Shiny inline if
No more is_x()
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Failing to not be un-negated
use_ruby unless self.mad?
(Note: If you ever show me code with unless...else, I will kill you.)
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True Object Orientation
0.9.round #=> 1
“Groinal attachment”.reverse #=> "tnemhcatta laniorG"
100.times do
puts “I am a fish”
end
(P.S: Sorry if you are missing Red Dwarf for this rubbish presentation)
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Rescue me!
def something.fail
raise “The kitten is falling out of the tree”
something_that_will_never_happen
end
something.fail rescue “My hero!”
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Gratuitous Cat
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Classics
class Kitten < Moggy
attr_accessor :cuteness_score
def initialize@cuteness_score = 100000000
end
end
kitty = Kitten.new
kitten.cuteness_score #=> 100000000
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Classics
class Kitten < Moggy
attr_accessor :cuteness_score
def initialize@cuteness_score = 99E99
end
end
kitty = Kitten.new
kitten.cuteness_score #=> 99E99
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Classics
class Kitten < Moggy
attr_accessor :cuteness_score
def initialize@cuteness_score = “WTF”
end
end
kitty = Kitten.new
kitten.cuteness_score #=> “WTF”
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Classics
class Kitten < Moggy
attr_accessor :cuteness_score
end
kitty = Kitten.new
kitty.cuteness_score = :cuter_than_10_kitties
kitten.cuteness_score=(:cuter_than_10_kitties)
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Classics
class Kitten < Moggy
def cuteness_score
@cuteness_score
end
def cuteness_score=(mein_score)
@cuteness_score = mein_score
end
end
attr_reader :cuteness_score
attr_
writer
:c
utenes
s_sc
ore
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I can comez wiv?
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Hate your fellow developer
class String
def to_s
reverseend
end
“Fishy”.to_s #=> “yhsiF”
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Spread the (un)love
module Evil
def to_s
super.reverse
end
end
class Object ; include Evil ; end
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More funky
[ Object, String, Fixnum, Array ].each do | klass |
EEK = klass # class reopened below must be a constants,
class EEK # but constants do not have to be constant.
def to_s
“I'm gonna eat you little fishy”end
end
end(irb):81: warning: already initialized constant EEK(irb):81: warning: already initialized constant EEK(irb):81: warning: already initialized constant EEK
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Because you are worth it
● You deserve:– A language that obeys your whims
– A language that allows you to do the logically impossible
– A language that tries desperately to be your friend
VOTE RUBY!
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Questions?
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Q&A
irb(main):003:0* puts "Hello Nrug"Hello Nrug=> nil
Show us some ruby in IRB!
More examples of class / object, and accessors
irb(main):004:0> class Questionirb(main):005:1> attr_accessor :titleirb(main):006:1> end=> nilirb(main):007:0> q = Question.new=> #<Question:0x007fd44a947160>irb(main):008:0> q.title=> nilirb(main):009:0> q.title = "Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?"=> "Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?"irb(main):010:0> q.title=> "Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?"irb(main):011:0> q.title=("Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?")=> "Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?"irb(main):012:0> q.title=("Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?").reverse=> "?mur gniknird pots ybab ym t'now yhW"irb(main):013:0> q.title=("Why won't my baby stop drinking rum?").split(' ').reverse.join(' ')=> "rum? drinking stop baby my won't Why"
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More Q&A
# This is the full syntaxirb(main):014:0> def funnyirb(main):015:1> beginirb(main):016:2* 10 / 0irb(main):017:2> rescue irb(main):018:2> "You FOOL!"irb(main):019:2> endirb(main):020:1> end=> nilirb(main):021:0> funny=> "You FOOL!"
# But if your methods are small enough, # begin...end can be implied irb(main):022:0> def funnyirb(main):023:1> 10 / 0irb(main):024:1> rescueirb(main):025:1> "You FOOL!"irb(main):026:1> end=> nilirb(main):027:0> funny=> "You FOOL!"
How would you do a traditional rescue?
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Extra Awesome Q&A
irb(main):044:0* a = "adsihudsbhjdsghjasjh"irb(main):051:0> def a.find_jirb(main):052:1> self.scan(/j/).countirb(main):053:1> end=> nilirb(main):054:0> a.find_j=> 3irb(main):055:0> a
# Here is a different String. It will not have the method.=> "adsihudsbhjdsghjasjh"irb(main):056:0> "ahgakwdhabhmsbd"=> "ahgakwdhabhmsbd"irb(main):057:0> "ahgakwdhabhmsbd".find_jNoMethodError: undefined method `find_j' for "ahgakwdhabhmsbd":String
from (irb):57from /Users/matthew/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/bin/irb:12:in
`<main>'
Here I try to show that you can add methods on objects, not just on classes
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Q&A For Fun And Profit
irb(main):028:0> def destroy_the_world_with_my_massive_laserirb(main):029:1> start_laserirb(main):030:1> destroy_worldirb(main):031:1> have_cocktailsirb(main):032:1> end
Question: I hear programmers complaining a lot about badly commented code, and keeping comments up to date. How does Ruby mitigate this?
Answer: The ruby community drives certain standards. One of these is a convention for very short methods and descriptive method names:
When code looks like this, the only reason to add comments is to document your gem for people who can't be bothered to look through the code.
Another question asked: What tools can you use in ruby to ensure conventions are followed?
Answer: I have a large bamboo stick that works really well. For a serious answer, there is ruby support in IDEs such as Netbeans and Eclipse, but these are rarely faultless. Peer pressure is by far the easiest and most reliable tool.
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Rocking that Q&A
irb(main):062:0* class Kittyirb(main):063:1> selfirb(main):064:1> end=> Kittyirb(main):065:0> class Kittyirb(main):066:1> "hi"irb(main):067:1> end=> "hi" # Question: When do I use @@varname – Answer: Never! # We can make use of “self” and the fact that you can create # methods on objects, and that classes are also objects...irb(main):068:0> class Kittyirb(main):069:1> def self.leg_countirb(main):070:2> 4irb(main):071:2> endirb(main):072:1> end=> nilirb(main):073:0> class Kittyirb(main):074:1> def self.leg_countirb(main):075:2> @leg_count # Class-level variables!irb(main):076:2> endirb(main):077:1> end=> nil # @@varname has some odd side effects. It is rarely needed.
Now I show that it's not just methods that return their final value – classes do too...
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And now for the finale
irb(main):090:0> class Kittyirb(main):091:1> class << self irb(main):092:2> attr_accessor :leg_countirb(main):093:2> endirb(main):094:1> end=> nilirb(main):095:0> Kitty.leg_count = 4000=> 4000
Finally, using a handy trick involving reopening classes, and the value of “self”, we can create getters and setters on the class level
Final notes:Unlike certain compiled languages, class definitions are essentially just code. They get evaluated line by line, so a “puts” statement in a class gets called as the class is being set up.
If anyone has any questions, or bits of code that they can't get to work for love nor money, by all means send me a gist. My twitter username is @undecisive.
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