Ruby Wizardry : An Introduction to Programming for Kids by Eric Weinstein (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Ruby Wizardry : An Introduction to Programming for Kids by Eric Weinstein (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNo Starch Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101593275668

ISBN-139781593275662

eBay Product ID (ePID)177288852

Product Key Features

Book TitleRuby Wizardry : an Introduction to Programming for Kids

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicProgramming / Open Source, Programming / Object Oriented, Programming Languages / Ruby, Computers / General

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreComputers, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorEric Weinstein

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight24.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-953112

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"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." --Gamenguide

Grade FromFourth Grade

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal005.133

Table Of ContentForeword by Steve Klabnik Acknowledgments 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

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisEric 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 ......, 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!), 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., 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 )

LC Classification NumberQA76.73.R83W45 2015