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Comprehensive Ruby Programming

Comprehensive Ruby Programming

By : Jordan Hudgens
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Comprehensive Ruby Programming

Comprehensive Ruby Programming

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By: Jordan Hudgens

Overview of this book

Ruby is a powerful, general-purpose programming language that can be applied to any task. Whether you are an experienced developer who wants to learn a new language or you are new to programming, this book is your comprehensive Ruby coding guide. Starting with the foundational principles, such as syntax, and scaling up to advanced topics such as big data analysis, this book will give you all of the tools you need to be a professional Ruby developer. A few of the key topics are: object-oriented programming, built-in Ruby methods, core programming skills, and an introduction to the Ruby on Rails and Sinatra web frameworks. You will also build 10 practical Ruby programs. Created by an experienced Ruby developer, this book has been written to ensure it focuses on the skills you will need to be a professional Ruby developer. After you have read this book, you will be ready to start building real-world Ruby projects.
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Creating an initializer method in a Ruby class

One thing you may find handy in Ruby development is to create an initializer method. If you're wondering what is an initializer method, it is simply a method called initialize that will run every time when you create an instance of your class. In this method, you can give values to your variables, call other methods, and do just about anything that you think should happen when a new instance of that class is created.

If you're coming from other languages, this initializer method is similar to a constructor.

Adding an initializer to a Ruby class

Let's update our ApiConnector class to utilize an initializer method.

This update class will look something like the following...

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