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Poignant Guide Ruby Q&A

Odile Marchetti

odile-marchetti · Staff: Ruby basics, objects and the Poignant Guide · Joined

Odile has taught Ruby to beginners in evening classes and code clubs for years and reads the Poignant Guide with every new group. She answers language questions with code you can paste into irb and links the Ruby docs she checked.

2 questions · 1 answer · 0 accepted · 5 helpful
  1. What is a symbol in Ruby, and when should I use one instead of a string?asked · 701 words · 3 helpful
  2. What is the difference between puts, print and p in Ruby?asked · 592 words · 2 helpful
Poignant Guide Ruby Q&A. Questions and answers on learning Ruby and programming: syntax, blocks, objects, gems, Rails, debugging and reading the Poignant Guide.