00-pplpkr.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require("json")

def save(name, stuff)
  File.open(name, "w") { |f|
    f.write(names.to_json)
  }
end

def load(name)
  return JSON.parse(f.read(name))
end

names = load("names.json")

save(names)

01-names.json

["Theo", "Megan", "Bryan", "Travis"]

99-bad-example.md

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require("json")

names = ["Theo", "Megan", "Bryan", "Travis"]
puts "puts \n"
puts names
File.open("my-stuff.puts", "w") { |f|
  f.write puts names
}

puts "p \n"
p names
File.open("my-stuff.p", "w") { |f|
  f.write(p(names))
}

puts names.to_json
puts "puts json \n"
File.open("my-stuff.json", "w") { |f|
  f.write(names.to_json)
}