1.5.5. Try Ruby!
Try Ruby! is an interactive ruby tutorial that guides you through the basic ins and outs of ruby. It's appeal is in it's ability to convey many of ruby's features in a relatively short amount of time.
Good Features:
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Clear and concise tutorial instructions
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Smooth flow of topics introduced
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Command-line input creates interactive experience
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Code that produces an output has the output displayed on a section next to the code
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Aesthetically appealing AJAX
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Conditional branching dependent on user answers
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Incorporation of humor in section titles adds for a human element (ex: “Stop, you're barking mad”)
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Runs program dynamically on the fly
Bad Features:
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Some section slides are too cumbersome
Missing Features:
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No quizzes
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No feature to create own tutorials
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An image of a multi-dimensional array of greater than two dimensions
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No user/password login to track progress
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