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For future blog post:

Tutorials

Object-Oriented Design

A list of resources that aspiring Rails developers can use to learn Rails and other relevant technologies. This list includes some resources that I see recommended all over the web--not all of which I like--as well as some hidden gems that I've found valuable. This list is intended to supplement my blog post here.

Ruby

Codecademy
- One of the more well-known sites to offer interactive programming tutorials, Codecademy is probably best utilized by those who are pretty new to programming, though the Ruby tutorial is good for teaching Ruby syntax and eventually gets into some less trivial material.
Try Ruby
Pretty similar to Codecademy. Once again, it's beginner-friendly, though, as someone who knew about object-oriented programming beforehand, I found it somewhat annoying to use, as there's no page with links to the individual exercises (at le

	# Very rough draft
	# TODO: Clean up, extract into multiple objects and then convert to a
	# gem/executable.
	class TaskFinder
	def initialize(outdated_branch, updated_branch)
	@outdated_branch = outdated_branch
	@updated_branch = updated_branch
	end

	def updated_tasks_and_branches

	# This file should be placed in the root directory of an application using
	# the Rubocop gem. For a sense of the most common Rubocop complaints in your
	# project, run `rubocop --format offenses` to see a list of the most common
	# issues. In addition, you can run rubocop -a to allow Rubocop to autocorrect
	# some of the issues it detects. On one project, this made several thousand
	# changes and led to only two issues, one from the Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods
	# cop and one from Style/Blocks.

	# For use with rubocop-rspec gem
	require: rubocop-rspec

	import sys
	from hn import HN
	hn = HN()
	print "Enter number of stories you'd like to view: "
	n = raw_input()
	while not n.isdigit():
	print "Enter an integer: "
	n = raw_input()
	n = int(n)

	import random

	target = random.randint(1,100)
	#print target

	for i in range(5):
	print "Guess a number between 1 and 100 (inclusive): "
	guess = raw_input()
	guess = int(guess)
	print guess

	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <sys/types.h>
	#include <sys/wait.h>
	#include <string.h>
	#include <sys/stat.h>

	/*
	* This program works as a simple Linux shell. Linux commands with up to four arguments are supported,

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	"""
	A simple clone of the game Snake made to expose myself to Python/Pygame. Inspired by the guide in
	the Raspberry Pi User Guide by Eben Upton and Gareth Halfacree, though I did make some changes
	based on my preferences and coding style.
	"""

	import pygame, sys, time, random
	from pygame.locals import *

	var http = require('http');
	var server = http.createServer(function(req,res) {
	res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type':'text/plain'});
	res.end('Hello World\n');
	});
	server.listen(1337);
	console.log('Server running at http://192.168.33.10:1337/');

	/*
	JS guessing game that picks a random number between 1 and 100 and prompts the user for up to five guesses.
	The program then prints if the correct number is less than, greater than or equal to the guess. If five
	guesses are completed without getting the right number, a loss message is output.
	*/

	var correct = Math.floor(Math.random()*100)+1;
	console.log(correct);

	var readLine = require('readline'), rl = readLine.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout);