Guides to the core and standard libraries, as well as selected Rubygems.
Category: APIs and Libraries
Episode #660
Nokogiri
Sometimes you just need to munge some XML. And Nokogiri makes processing massive quantities of XML easy and blazingly fast. Here's a quick tutorial to get you started!
Episode #651
Chomp
Ruby can be your multitool for all kinds of text-munging tasks. But to use it effectively, you need to understand how Ruby handles line endings and record separators.
Episode #649
Input Record Separator
Ruby has a lot of tools for processing input line-by-line. But when you look a little closer, it turns out that these methods are for more than just lines of …
Episode #647
Lazy Zip
Shiny protons! Infinite streams! Producer blocks! Lazy enumerators! In this video about using a functional style to work with potentially infinite collections, we'll get into some weird and wonderful corners …
Episode #646
Zip
What does Ruby have to do with a classic fabric fastener? Read or watch to find out!
Episode #644
Console Width
Have you ever wondered how to tailor Ruby console output to the specific size of the user's terminal? In this video you'll learn how, using the io/console standard library!
Episode #618
Understanding OAuth2… with Horses!
If you're integrating your software with a web service these days, chances are you have to use OAuth2 to authorize it. Here's a little story about a horse which will …
Episode #605
StimulusJS
JS framworks are great for richly interactive client-side applications. But what if we just want to take a typical Rails app and spruce it up with a little bit of …
Episode #592
Set
Ruby's Arrays are remarkably flexible and useful data structures, but they aren't always the right choice. Learn how using a data abstraction that enforces uniqueness can prevent bugs, while making …