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What's a good way to learn the modern Ruby ecosystem nowadays? I played with Ruby when I was a teenager (~2015 or so), and I definitely remember enjoying it. I
by miki123211 2y ago
What's a good way to learn the modern Ruby ecosystem nowadays?
I played with Ruby when I was a teenager (~2015 or so), and I definitely remember enjoying it. I know there's still a vocal group of users who love it, so I would be interested in digging in again.
- ichiwells 2y agoI would actually start with the Rails Guides docs, they’re very good and running the given commands should actually work: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.htm https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.htm Just have a toy app you want to build in mind
- cootsnuck 2y agoYea, just agreeing with the other commenter. Creating a Rails app is the way to go to get started with Ruby. https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html It's my favorite programming language but I seldom get to use it because I'm an AI Engineer. But I just recently went out on my own so I guess that can change now, hm...
- luibelgo 2y agoRails still the “batteries included” piece of Ruby. Recently added parts like Hotwire, SolidQueue etc are pretty interesting to know. Outside of it, you might find interesting libraries like sinatra, sequel, roda, dryrb, faraday, sorbet, truffle ruby…