Ruby Wizardry: An Introduction to Programming for Kids

Book Description

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!)

Table of Contents

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

中文：

书名：Ruby Wizarry：儿童编程入门

Ruby编程语言非常适合初学者：简单易学、功能强大、使用起来很有趣！但是，如果你在一些巫师和龙的帮助下学习，不是更有趣吗？

红宝石魔法 是一个有趣的图文并茂的故事，它将带您踏上一段梦幻之旅，教您如何用Ruby编程。当你跟随年轻英雄鲁本和斯佳丽的冒险经历时，你将学到真正的编程技能，比如如何：

• 使用变量、符号、数组和字符串等基本概念
• 使用Ruby散列创建可编程的早餐菜单
• 带有循环和条件的控制程序流以帮助皇家管道工
• Test your wild and crazy ideas in IRB and save your programs as scripts
• 创造一类迷你巫师，每个人都有自己的超能力！
• 使用方法和列表组织和重用您的代码
• 使用Ruby编写您自己令人惊叹的互动故事

一路上，你会遇到来自王国各地的五颜六色的人物，比如黑客女王、白衣骑士和吟游诗人。 红宝石魔法 很快就会让你(或你的小精灵)迷上编程。

For ages 10+ (and their parents!)

Table of Contents

第一章：这本书讲的是什么
第二章：国王和他的弦
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)
第9章：传承红宝石的魔力
Chapter 10: A Horse of a Different Color
第十一章：第二次的魅力
Chapter 12: Reading, Writing, and Ruby Magic
第13章：走WEBrick之路
Chapter 14: Where to Go Next

Appendix A: Installing Ruby on Mac and Linux
Appendix B: Troubleshooting