Ruby Wizardry
An Introduction to Programming for Kids
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Ruby programming language is perfect for beginners: easy to learn, powerful, and fun to use! But wouldn't it be more fun if you were learning with the help of some wizards and dragons?
Ruby Wizardry is a playful, illustrated tale that will teach you...
Ruby Wizardry is a playful, illustrated tale that will teach you...
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The Ruby programming language is perfect for beginners: easy to learn, powerful, and fun to use! But wouldn't it be more fun if you were learning with the help of some wizards and dragons?Ruby Wizardry is a playful, illustrated tale that will teach you how to program in Ruby by taking you on a fantastical journey. As you follow the adventures of young heroes Ruben and Scarlet, you ll learn real programming skills, like how to:
Use fundamental concepts like variables, symbols, arrays, and strings
Work with Ruby hashes to create a programmable breakfast menu
Control program flow with loops and conditionals to help the Royal Plumber
Test your wild and crazy ideas in IRB and save your programs as scripts
Create a class of mini-wizards, each with their own superpower!
Organize and reuse your code with methods and lists
Write your own amazing interactive stories using Ruby
Along the way, you ll meet colorful characters from around the kingdom, like the hacker Queen, the Off-White Knight, and Wherefore the minstrel. Ruby Wizardry will have you (or your little wizard) hooked on programming in no time.
For ages 10+ (and their parents!)
Ruby Wizardry is a playful, illustrated tale that teaches kids how to program in Ruby by taking them on an enchanted adventure. The storybook combines whimsical narrative and fun illustrations with real programming lessons. As kids follow the adventures of young heroes Ruben and Scarlet, they'll learn about strings, loops, lambdas, hashes, and more Ruby programming skills.
Ruby Wizardry is a modern day fairy tale that teaches programming skills kids can actually use, and it will have them hooked on programming for years to come.
Ruby Wizardry is a modern day fairy tale that teaches programming skills kids can actually use, and it will have them hooked on programming for years to come.
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Foreword by Steve KlabnikAcknowledgments
Chapter 1: What This Book's About
Chapter 2: The King and His String
Chapter 3: Pipe Dreams
Chapter 4: Staying in the Loop
Chapter 5: Array of Sunshine and Hash on the Range
Chapter 6: The (Chunky) Bacon to Ruby's Hash
Chapter 7: The Magic of Methods and Blocks
Chapter 8: Everything Is an Object (Almost)
Chapter 9: Inheriting the Magic of Ruby
Chapter 10: A Horse of a Different Color
Chapter 11: Second Time's the Charm
Chapter 12: Reading, Writing, and Ruby Magic
Chapter 13: Follow the WEBrick Road
Chapter 14: Where to Go Next
Appendix A: Installing Ruby on Mac and Linux
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Eric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein has helped millions of people learn to program through Codecademy, where he designed and authored the Ruby curriculum and contributed courses on Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and PHP. He has also taught creative writing to undergraduates and veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at NYU, where he was a Veterans Writing Workshop Fellow. He writes Ruby for a living in New York City.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Eric Weinstein
- Altersempfehlung: 9 - 12 Jahre
- 2015, 352 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 17,8 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: No Starch Press
- ISBN-10: 1593275668
- ISBN-13: 9781593275662
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Speaking of Ruby, for real, if there's a kid in your life, get them a copy of Ruby Wizardry. It's so great."Steve Klabnik, author of Rust for Rubyists, web celebrity
"By the best & most wonderful Eric Weinstein: Ruby Wizardry, a new programming book for kids."
Linda Liukas, author of Hello Ruby, Co-founder of Rails Girls
"Really psyched about Ruby Wizardry. Looks like the book I've been waiting for (and wanted to write) for years."
Jeremy McAnally, author of Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book
"One of a new breed of titles that seeks to help children and young adults to not only get introduced to programming but actually get good at it...highly recommended."
Becky Walton, MLIS, Ingram Collection Development
"I can see this book mentioned years to come as this generation reminisces about how they learned to program."
Ruby Learning
"An extremely valuable tool...entertaining and informative."
Digital Mayhem Radio
"The fun book is designed to make coding concepts and procedures easy to grasp for children."
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