Ruby Documentation
Introduction
Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language known for its elegance and productivity. It's often praised for its readable syntax and powerful ecosystem. This documentation provides information on Ruby's core features, libraries, and community.
Core Concepts
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Ruby is a fully object-oriented language.
- Dynamic Typing: Variable types are determined at runtime.
- Metaprogramming: The ability to write code that writes code.
- Blocks and Procs: First-class functions that can be passed as arguments and returned from other functions.
Key Libraries
- RubyGems: The package manager for Ruby.
- Rails: A web application framework.
- Sinatra: A minimalist web framework.
- Nokogiri: For parsing HTML and XML.
Getting Started
To get started with Ruby, you can:
- Visit the Official Ruby Documentation
- Install Ruby from RubyInstaller
- Run the command `ruby -v` to check your Ruby version.
Example Code
puts "Hello, World!"
# Basic example to print to the console.