More Ruby from a Python Dev

This is a continuation of Picking up Ruby Fast, as a Python Dev. Again, expect examples with no math and minimal crappy names

puts and gets Methods

The puts method in Ruby is similar to the print() function in Python. puts sends output to the $stdout variable which is then shown in the console.

We can do the opposite and get a value from input in the console that will be stored in $stdin until you use the gets method.

#ruby
puts 'What should we call you?'
name = gets.strip
puts "Welcome, #{name}! 👋  Nice to meet you."
puts "So #{name}, I see you're not familiar with Ruby."
puts "What makes you think we should hire you?"
why_qualified = gets.strip
puts "Okay, I see you #{why_qualified}."
puts "I've also heard you spent the last week picking up Ruby. How's that going?"
feels_about_ruby = gets.strip
puts "It sounds like you could pick Ruby up rather quickly"
puts "I imagine you'd do well working with our senior TSE"
puts "Anything else?"
confident_ending = gets.strip
puts "#{confident_ending}, too. We'll be in touch soon"

# output
"""
What should we call you?
Vicki
Welcome, Vicki! 👋  Nice to meet you.
So Vicki, I see you're not familiar with Ruby.
What makes you think we should hire you?
teach kids Python & JS and have experience building & maintaining oss Python projects
Okay, I see you teach kids Python & JS and have experience building & maintaining oss Python projects.
I've also heard you spent the last week picking up Ruby. How's that going?
The Ruby syntax was a little hard at first, but I'm starting to like it. It's quite similar to Python, but seems more intuitive
It sounds like you could pick Ruby up rather quickly
I imagine you'd do well working with our senior TSE
Anything else?
 I look forward to working with you
I look forward to working with you, too. We'll be in touch soon
"""

Worth noting, chomp and strip are often used with gets. strip removes leading and trailing white space as well as new lines. chomp only removes new lines at the end of a string.

A String v Raw String Error

When running the code above, I got an error that confused me for a moment. I noticed I had used '' instead of "". This would be fine in Python, but '' in Ruby make it a raw string. So, it wasn't pulling in the user input name.

Even or Odd

Is it even or odd? This algorithm is a commonly asked one that isn't as easy as it could be in Python. Yet again, Ruby has a simple answer for this.

# ruby
number = 2753

number.even?

# python
number = 2753

if number % 2 == 0:
    print("is even")  # remainder == 0
else:
    print("is odd")  # remainder not 0

What am I using to learn?

In order, so far, I have used the below sites

• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/ruby-from-other-languages/to-ruby-from-python/
• https://try.ruby-lang.org/
• http://ruby-for-beginners.rubymonstas.org/
• https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.2/

Reminder to self: do not work at places that think unpaid work is acceptable.

Vicki Langer

@vicki_langer

Apparently, I need to add a question to my list of things to ask a company during interviews.

- do you have any unpaid interns or fellows?

18:19 PM - 18 Nov 2020

If you missed the first post in this series, I've heard it's a good read and there's cats.

Picking up Ruby Fast, as a Python Dev

Vicki Langer ・ Nov 12 '20 ・ 3 min read

#ruby #python #codenewbie