Tutorial CANCELED Colloquial Ruby - How to Speak Ruby Like a Native Chad Fowler, Ruby Central, Inc. David A. Black, Co-Director, Ruby Central, Inc. Track: Ruby Date: Monday, July 26 Time: 1:45pm - 5:15pm Location: Willamette TrackBack Most Ruby programmers come to Ruby from other languages. While it is easy to learn Ruby's syntax, many new Rubyists program Ruby as if they were programming in their "native" languages. Many of Ruby's more advanced features--and, therefore, much of its power--are lost in the translation. This tutorial will walk attendees through some of the more esoteric aspects of the Ruby language. Attendees will be exposed to: An in-depth look at Ruby's type system Advanced metaclass hackery and run-time class extension Functional programming techniques The use of first-class continuations Various "Rubyisms" with real-world examples Attendees will take away practical techniques that can be immediately put into practice in their own Ruby projects.

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