September Meetup: Ruby Games http://nhruby.org/2009/9/9/september-meetup-ruby-games
So Casey has been telling me how much fun our Portland-based comrades have been having with the RubyGames concept, so were gonna try that out this month in Portsmouth.
Wait. What? Games? Yup.
Ruby Games will test your programming and reasoning skills by presenting you with puzzle challenges to solve in code. Ive already worked up one puzzle problem for the group (a word jumble problem), and Casey will be coming up with a second one. Well have people pair up to work on these, so dont worry at all if you dont have a lick of Ruby programming experience. In fact, Id say that Ruby skills arent nearly as important as basic reasoning skills and inventiveness are.
Sounds good, right? But it gets better! By participating, youll learn (whether you like it or not) about:
* Basic Ruby syntax an engaging but simple introduction to language basics and an opportunity to do hands-on learning with your peers.
* Test-Driven Development youll be writing a solution, or an implementation, to a pre-defined spec we will supply. witness the power!
* Pair programming well be pairing people up, because two heads are better than one (right?)
* Algorithm runtime efficiency once youve solved the problem, well take a look at how fast your solutions run and compare approaches.
Youll have fun. And youll learn something. It comes with a money-back guarantee. And free pizza, too. Mark your calendars for next Thursday September 17th at 7PM and join us at RMC Research in Portsmouth. I think it just might be the best NH.rb of the year.
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