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nathantross / living_in_the_command_line.md
Created December 20, 2013 01:55 — forked from rsofaer/living_in_the_command_line.md

Living in the Command Line

Web programmers have to live on the command line. It gives us fast, reliable, and automatable control over computers. Web servers usually don't have graphical interfaces, so we need to interact with them through command line and programmatic interfaces. Once you become comfortable using the command line, staying on the keyboard will also help you keep an uninterrupted flow of work going without the disruption of shifting to the mouse.

Notes before we start

For any command we discuss here, the command man, short for manual, will give a (hopefully) detailed explanation of that command. Sometimes that explanation will be too detailed for you. When you get lost and you want to understand, start again from the beginning of of the man page and repeat.

Metaphors

The command line is my home. I literally think of using the command line as walking around a building.

Where am I?

/ is the entrance - the root directory - but I usually start out in `/Users/rap

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nathantross / installfest_steps.md
Created December 20, 2013 01:56 — forked from rsofaer/installfest_steps.md

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#WDI Installfest

We are going to install the tools necessarily to program with Ruby and Rails on your computer.

If you are on a Mac which is not running the latest version of OSX, please upgrade through the Mac App Store. Apple has made it easier to set up a computer for software development in OSX Mavericks, and keeping the differences between computers to a minimum will help us get everything installed quickly and correctly.

If you are unsure or run into problems during installation, stop and don't worry; We will finish up any of the loose ends on Installfest. Do not try to troubleshoot on your own, you might break your environment further.

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nathantross / gist:8154468
Created December 28, 2013 00:25 — forked from aikalima/gist:8044630

A short intro to git and github

Goals

  • Understanding git and github
  • Understanding the basics of managing files
  • Learn how to collaborate with others

Motivation

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nathantross / living_in_the_command_line.md
Created January 6, 2014 20:30 — forked from rsofaer/living_in_the_command_line.md

Living in the Command Line

Web programmers have to live on the command line. It gives us fast, reliable, and automatable control over computers. Web servers usually don't have graphical interfaces, so we need to interact with them through command line and programmatic interfaces. Once you become comfortable using the command line, staying on the keyboard will also help you keep an uninterrupted flow of work going without the disruption of shifting to the mouse.

Notes before we start

For any command we discuss here, the command man, short for manual, will give a (hopefully) detailed explanation of that command. Sometimes that explanation will be too detailed for you. When you get lost in a man page and you want to understand it, start again from the beginning of of the man page and keep repeating. Hopefully you will get further into the page each time you read it.

Metaphors

The command line is my home. I literally think of using the command line as walking around a building.

Wh

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nathantross / gist:8302930
Created January 7, 2014 17:25 — forked from aikalima/gist:8044630

A short intro to git and github

Goals

  • Understanding git and github
  • Understanding the basics of managing files
  • Learn how to collaborate with others

Motivation

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nathantross / gist:8302953
Created January 7, 2014 17:27 — forked from aikalima/gist:8295237

##Goals 01/07/2014

###git and github

  • Understand the purpose of version control systems
  • Learn how to manage files/projects with git and github
  • Understand git branching
  • Understand how to collaborate with others

###ruby part II

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nathantross / classes_lec.md
Created January 9, 2014 01:55 — forked from OfTheDelmer/classes_lec.md

Intro to Classes

Methods, Variables, and All That

Learning Objectives

  • Understand difference between obbjects and classes
  • Understand how objects are referenced
  • Understand getters and setters
  • Understand attr_writer, attr_reader, attr_accessor
  • Understand instance variables and instance methods
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nathantross / classes_lec.md
Created January 9, 2014 16:59 — forked from OfTheDelmer/classes_lec.md

Intro to Classes

Methods, Variables, and All That

Learning Objectives

  • Understand difference between obbjects and classes
  • Understand how objects are referenced
  • Understand getters and setters
  • Understand attr_writer, attr_reader, attr_accessor
  • Understand instance variables and instance methods
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nathantross / debugging.md
Created January 9, 2014 21:50 — forked from rsofaer/debugging.md

Debugging and Exceptions

Agenda

  1. Debugging Philosophy and Techniques
  2. Basic Errors and Reading an Exception
  3. Methods and the Stack, Reading a Backtrace
  4. Error Classes, Throwing and Rescuing
  5. More Debugging Techniques, a Glimpse of Testing

Debugging in the Abstract

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nathantross / adventure_sys.rb
Created January 9, 2014 22:15 — forked from rsofaer/adventure_sys.rb
# Classes and Objects
## Code Along
require 'pry'
story_hash = {
"question" => "Welcome to the haunted hotel. What room would you like to go into?",
"room 1" => "you're dead",
"room 2" => { "question" => "You picked a good room. What would like to do?",
"sleep" => "You're rested for the morning",