Ruby Wizardry
An Introduction to Programming for Kids
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Ruby Wizardry is a playful, illustrated tale that teaches kids how to program in Ruby by taking them on an enchanted adventure. The storybook combines whimsical narrative and fun illustrations with real programming lessons. As kids follow the adventures of young heroes Ruben and Scarlet, they'll learn about strings, loops, lambdas, hashes, and more Ruby programming skills.
Ruby Wizardry is a modern day fairy tale that teaches programming skills kids can actually use, and it will have them hooked on programming for years to come.
About this Author
Eric Weinstein has helped millions of people learn to program through Codecademy, where he designed and authored the Ruby curriculum and contributed courses on Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and PHP. He has also taught creative writing to undergraduates and veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at NYU, where he was a Veterans Writing Workshop Fellow. He writes Ruby for a living in New York City.
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 252
Publisher: No Starch Press
Published: 2014-07-04
Reviews
"Speaking of Ruby, for real, if there's a kid in your life, get them a copy of Ruby Wizardry. It's so great."
--Steve Klabnik, author of Rust for Rubyists, web celebrity
"By the best & most wonderful Eric Weinstein: Ruby Wizardry, a new programming book for kids."
--Linda Liukas, author of Hello Ruby, Co-founder of Rails Girls
"Really psyched about Ruby Wizardry. Looks like the book I've been waiting for (and wanted to write) for years."
--Jeremy McAnally, author of Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book
"One of a new breed of titles that seeks to help children and young adults to not only get introduced to programming but actually get good at it...highly recommended."
--Becky Walton, MLIS, Ingram Collection Development
"I can see this book mentioned years to come as this generation reminisces about how they learned to program."
--Ruby Learning
"An extremely valuable tool...entertaining and informative."
--Digital Mayhem Radio
"The fun book is designed to make coding concepts and procedures easy to grasp for children."
--Gamenguide
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