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Life & fun · March 2, 2014

Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges

Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges launched on March 2, 2014 with 48 votes and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

In plain words

Learn Ruby by Example with Challenges is an interactive tutorial that teaches the Ruby programming language through code examples and hands-on exercises. Designed for users ready to move beyond basics, it covers foundational concepts like arithmetic, integer operations, and mathematical functions. The platform offers a structured approach to learning Ruby, with an easier beginner version available for those starting fresh. It's suitable for aspiring programmers seeking practical coding experience.

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From the sources

Learn Ruby by going through example code and solving challenges! For an easier version of this tutorial, see Learn Ruby for Beginners. Arithmetic is just syntactic sugar for calling a method on Numeric objects. The Integer class has some integer-related functions, while the Math module contains trigonometric and otherfrom learneroo.com

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