Ruby Central Courses

Writing an Esoteric Programming Language in Ruby - Creating a Piet Implementation

Dive into creating Piet, an image-based esoteric programming language implementation in Ruby, featuring a graphical debugger and exploring unconventional programming concepts.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Future Proofing Your Ruby Stack

Discover strategies for building and maintaining modern Ruby applications while adapting to industry trends and meeting stakeholder expectations.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Exploring Reline - Enhancing Command Line Usability

Dive into Reline's implementation of GNU Readline features, exploring key bindings, configuration options, and command-line interface enhancements for Ruby developers.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Flattening Recursion with Fibers in Ruby - Using Fibers to Optimize Recursive Algorithms

Discover how to optimize recursive algorithms using Ruby's fibers, transforming vertical stack operations into horizontal execution patterns for improved performance and reduced overhead.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ractor Programming in Ruby 3.4 - New Features and Performance Improvements

Discover the latest Ractor improvements in Ruby 3.4, exploring parallel programming capabilities, performance enhancements, and compatibility solutions for existing codebases.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building Basic Desktop Applications in Ruby

Master desktop application development in Ruby using Glimmer DSL for LibUI, covering GUI basics, MVC architecture, data-binding, and hands-on exercises to build cross-platform native applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Compose Software Like Nature Would - Creating Adaptable and Resilient Systems

Explore nature-inspired principles for creating adaptable and resilient software systems, drawing parallels between biological evolution and sustainable code development.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Breaking NIL to Fix Bugs: An Experimental Approach

Explore experimental debugging techniques in Ruby by extending NilClass and customizing method_missing to track and diagnose nil-related issues in your codebase.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The State of Ruby Developer Tooling in 2024

Explore the current landscape of Ruby development tools, their evolution, and future directions while comparing with other ecosystems and addressing community fragmentation.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Do LLMs Dream of Type Inference? - Using Large Language Models for Ruby Type Analysis

Explore how LLMs revolutionize type inference in Ruby through RBS Goose, examining its development, evaluation mechanisms, and future potential with TypeEvalRb benchmark insights.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building Scalable and Resilient Background Jobs for FinTech

Discover strategies for building robust background job pipelines in Ruby, focusing on scalability and resilience in high-demand fintech environments using PayPal's proven techniques.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ruby Lightning Talks - Best Practices, Tools and Community Insights

Discover diverse Ruby insights through 19 lightning talks covering AI, community building, development tools, data visualization, and best practices from experienced developers and community leaders.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ice, Confusion, and the 38,000-Foot Crash

Dive into a gripping analysis of aviation incidents, exploring human factors, communication breakdowns, and crucial lessons for building resilient systems and teams in high-stakes environments.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

10 Years of Roda - A Ruby Web Toolkit Journey

Explore the evolution of Roda web toolkit, its routing tree architecture, and how its plugin system revolutionized Ruby web development over the past decade.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building an Enigma Machine Emulator with Ruby - Test-Driven Development and Object-Oriented Design

Dive into building an Enigma machine emulator using Ruby, exploring object-oriented programming principles while recreating the historic WWII encryption device through test-driven development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video