Ruby gems are a good example, especially gems that provide hooks into an API. Even if you're just adding another parameter to an existing endpoint (which is la

Ruby gems are a good example, especially gems that provide hooks into an API. Even if you're just adding another parameter to an existing endpoint (which is largely a copy/paste exercise), it's a great way to learn the structure of a gem, learn your way around API documentation, and check out others' best practices and unit tests. I contributed to the official Instagram gem during my first few weeks of learning Ruby. https://github.com/Instagram/instagram-ruby-gem https://github.com/Instagram/instagram-ruby-gem Prereqs: Ruby, API basics