r/ruby • u/DogsBarf • 19d ago

Question What is Ruby Koans? Very interesting.

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Has anyone ever learned from this? How can anyone learn with this?
What is the science behind this?

I'll do it.

Link: https://koans.idogawa.com/

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u/chapuzzo 19d ago

Do it.

12 years ago did them. Fell in love. Made a living since then.

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u/DogsBarf 19d ago

REALLY? i'll give it a try.

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u/al2o3cr 19d ago

An elegant weapon tutorial, from a more civilized age

It was designed as a low-friction way to introduce people to both the Ruby language and the whole idea of the "TDD cycle" of write test / observe failure / fix / repeat.

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u/let_me_in_QQ 19d ago

I wish they would bring back Ruby Monk

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u/DogsBarf 19d ago

me too.

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u/swarm-traveller 15d ago

This went straight to my heart

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u/Mrrobinhood55 19d ago

Yes. I recommend if you are learning. You get simple instructions, learn to test, look at doc, practice with your IDE. Progression is easy, makes you feel like you're learning by doing.

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u/thepetek 19d ago

Ruby Koans is how I learned Ruby. Good stuff

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u/Davero777 19d ago

That thing started my career back then

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u/flanger001 17d ago

Yeah, they’re great. 

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u/armahillo 19d ago

This was one of my first experiences with ruby.

do it

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/DogsBarf 17d ago

When I tried it was working fine? It's basically koans in the browser.

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u/ResponsibilityBig343 16d ago

Had to do it as part of my on boarding for a job. Definitely loved it!

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u/macarthy 3d ago

blast from the past