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1. About Ruby Essentials

2. What is Ruby?
The History of Ruby
What is Ruby?
Why is Ruby so Popular?

3. Getting and Installing Ruby

Installing Ruby on Linux
Ruby on Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Linux
Ruby on Ubuntu and Debian Linux
Ruby on Microsoft Windows

4. Simple Ruby Examples

The Most Basic Ruby Example
Executing Ruby from the Command Line
Interactive Ruby Execution
Executing Ruby from a File
Creating a Self Contained Ruby Executable on Linux or UNIX
Associating Ruby Files on Windows

5. Commenting Ruby Code

What is Exactly is Commenting
Single Line Ruby Comments
Comments on Lines of Code
Multi Line or Block Ruby Comments

6. Understanding Ruby Variables

Ruby Constants
Ruby and Variable Dynamic Typing
Declaring a Variable
Identifying a Ruby Variable Type
Changing Variable Type
Converting Variable Values

7. Ruby Variable Scope

What is Variable Scope?
Detecting the Scope of a Ruby Variable
Ruby Local Variables
Ruby Global Variables
Ruby Class Variables
Ruby Instance Variables
Ruby Constant Scope

8. Ruby Number Classes and Conversions

Ruby Number Classes
Converting Numbers in Ruby

9. Ruby Methods
Declaring and Calling a Ruby Method
Passing Arguments to a Method
Passing a Variable Number of Arguments to a Method
Returning a Value from a Function
Ruby Method Aliases

10. Ruby Ranges

Ruby Sequence Ranges
Using Range Methods
Ruby Ranges as Conditional Expressions
Ruby Range Intervals
Ranges in case Statements

11. Understanding Ruby Arrays

What is a Ruby Array
How to Create a Ruby Array
Populating an Array with Data
Finding Out Information About a Ruby Array
Accessing Array Elements
Finding the Index of an Element

12. Advanced Ruby Arrays

Combining Ruby Arrays
Intersection, Union and Difference
Identifying Unique Array Elements
Pushing and Popping Array Elements
Ruby Array Comparisons
Modifying Arrays
Deleting Array Elements
Sorting Arrays

13. Ruby Operators

The Anatomy of a Ruby Operation
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Performing Ruby Arithmetic using Operators
Ruby Assignment Operators
Parallel Assignment
Ruby Comparison Operators
Ruby Bitwise Operators

14. Ruby Operator Precedence

An Example of Ruby Operator Precedence

15. Ruby Math Functions and Methods

Ruby Math Constants
Ruby Math Methods
Some Examples

16. Understanding Ruby Logical Operators

17. Ruby Object Oriented Programming

What is an Object?
What is a Class?
Defining a Ruby Class
Creating an Object from a Class
Instance Variables and Accessor Methods
Ruby Class Variables
Instance Methods
Ruby Class Inheritance

18. Ruby Flow Control

The Ruby if Statement
Using else and elsif Constructs
The Ruby Ternary Operator

19. The Ruby case Statement

Number Ranges and the case statement

20. Ruby While and Until Loops

The Ruby While Loop
Breaking from While Loops
unless and until

21. Looping with for and the Ruby Looping Methods

The Ruby for Loop
The Ruby times Method
The Ruby upto Method
The Ruby downto Method

22. Ruby Strings - Creation and Basics

Creating Strings in Ruby
Quoting Ruby Strings
General Delimited Strings
Ruby Here Documents
Getting Information About String Objects

23. Ruby String Concatenation and Comparison

Concatenating Strings in Ruby
Freezing a Ruby String
Accessing String Elements
Comparing Ruby Strings
Case Insensitive String Comparisons

24. Ruby String Replacement, Substitution and Insertion

Changing a Section of a String
Ruby String Substitution
Repeating Ruby Strings
Inserting Text Into a Ruby String
Ruby chomp and chop Methods
Reversing the Characters in a String

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25. Ruby String Conversions

Converting a Ruby String to an Array
Changing the Case of a Ruby String
Performing String Conversions

26. Ruby Directory Handling

Changing Directory in Ruby
Creating New Directories
Directory Listings in Ruby

27. Working with Files in Ruby

Creating a New File with Ruby
Opening Existing Files
Renaming and Deleting Files in Ruby
Getting Information About Files
Reading and Writing Files

28. Working with Dates and Times in Ruby

Accessing the Date and DateTime Classes in Ruby
Working with Dates in Ruby
Calculating the Difference Between Dates

29. Useful Ruby Links and Resources

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