Language features, syntax, and gotchas.
Category: Language
Episode #494: Special Variables Part 4: Speak English!
Now that you've learned how to obfuscate your code with Perl-style special variables, learn how to make it readable again!
Episode #493: Special Variables Part 3: Regex Matching
Learn about one final category of Ruby's Perl-style special variables, and some guidelines for using them.
Episode #492: Special Variables Part 2: I/O
Learn about Ruby's Perl-style I/O special variables, and why they exist.
Episode #491 Special Variables Part 1: Process State
Get to know Ruby's line-noise special variables. Part 1 in a series.
Episode #490: Crash Logger
Learn how to log useful diagnostics when your Ruby program crashes.
Episode #489: Exit
The way Ruby handles a program exiting may surprise you!
Episode #488: At Exit
Always clean up before you turn out the lights!
Episode #486: Initialize Copy
Learn how to customize the way Ruby copies objects - and why you might want to.
Episode #482: Create and Extend
Learn a concise way to treat a module as an object in Ruby.
