Ruby in 100 Seconds

[@LeshkaSaD]

I've spent around 10 years with Ruby, but I'd not able to explain it so concise to anyone. You are awesome job, Jeff. This channel always reminds me about Railscasts, I've learned a lot from it and was able to succeed as Ruby developer because of it.

[@SKumarInTech]

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[@et_matrix]

I have 3 years experience but i can't tell you how much i love it.

[@thanatosor]

I have only like 6 months really work on Rails but I have been loving Ruby since then. Still a pleasure to write it nowadays

[@tapank415]

And i'm here with 3 days of experience with ruby & 2 days with ror :)

[@thanatosor]

@@tapank415 I envy you for the exp. Ruby is still a very fun and nice language to learn nowadays

[@UliTroyo]

Ruby’s so nice. My favorite keyword is “unless”; it’s so simple but expressive. “Unless this specific thing happens, keep going.”

[@jamesbissick1825]

Puts instead of print is a bit confusing, unless looks like yoda style.

[@w2lkm2n]

As a non-native English speaker, the unless keyword confuses the hell out of me.

[@maxim9935]

@@w2lkm2n"unless" is simply "if not"

[@Yaxqb]

(non-native English speaker) i personally find "unless" less clear than "if not". In fact, when i first looked at ruby many years ago, i didn't know what "unless" meant at all. "if" and "not" are part of very basic English. I'm glad that unless didn't catch on to other languages

[@shambhav9534]

@@w2lkm2n It's not because you're non-native. Not all non-native speakers can't understand "unless". It's a really really simple word. It's one of the most basic words. You've correctly punctuated your sentence, so I will refuse to believe that you can't understand "unless". How can you not understand "unless" but punctuate correctly? Now, you are confusing the hell out of me. You seem to be a nice speaker of English.

[@deybmen]

I used to not understand why rails was taught to us in our bootcamp instead of nodejs but now that I've learned rails it feels so much easier to transition to any frameworks because using rails made you focus on the concept more than the syntax or whatnot

[@pankajthapaliya2336]

Hey 👋 I'm actively looking for courses on ruby and rails but i couldn't find updated one in Udemy or KZbin. Would you mind giving someone insights?

@@pankajthapaliya2336 Maybe Zayne's channel. This guy has very few videos but still worth checking. m.kzbin.info/door/koEStUK7wxmZef2DcPuCAQ

[@gabrielpistore7587]

@@pankajthapaliya2336 there's a course on Odin Project

[@gabrielpistore7587]

@@pankajthapaliya2336 it's free

[@randerins]

They taught Ruby at my bootcamp course as well, as the first language. When Rails came to game is when things turned out to be fun. The MVC pattern and ActiveRecord DB manager are super intuitive, I fell in love with them :)

[@pwan3971]

kinda makes me happy to see Ruby in 100 seconds, this programming language is life saver and the app I have prototyped quickly just to show clients, it amaze how good ruby on rails is!

[@daniel29009]

RoR is epic, IMHO still awesome to write a mid size back end microservice. No one is more quality aware than the ruby community, JS should take an example of this guy's.

[@timrc666]

@@daniel29009 Too bad a majority of the JS community has their heads up their asses and keep on trying to polish a turd

[@timrc666]

JS community: Yo dawg, I heard you like NPM packages and 8TB of node modules so I put an NPM package on your NPM package with another NPM package so you can bloat your software while you NPM package with your NPM package, dawg

[@pwan3971]

@@daniel29009 Agree and not to mention Rails 7, it's brilliant!

[@marciobrunoloiolagomesufc8799]

Did you recommend rails for a guy who never had pick Ruby code? And have an idea for a StartUp? With a web app?

[@mustafaazyoksul1372]

We were trying to guess the next video in the 100 seconds series with my friend. He said C#, I said Ruby. C# video came like a month later, which means my friend won. But surely the Ruby video followed soon enough. Keep up the good content.

[@aaaaasssss884]

I guess c++ next

[@schedarian-]

can't wait for Crystal in 100 seconds

[@laresident5179]

sağlık olsun kanki

[@mustafaazyoksul1372]

@@laresident5179 Eyvallah. Our next predictions are F# (his) and Fleet (mine).

[@mustafaazyoksul1372]

@@aaaaasssss884 Wow. He actually haven't done C++ yet. I totally missed that one.

[@WilliamKellerTheSkeptic]

I have used dozen(s?) of languages professionally, and Ruby is still my favorite. It's usually the first tool I reach for.

[@jwilliams_347]

This is awesome! Have you thought about doing a Beyond video for Rails? I know it's not considered a "hot" framework nowadays but it's definitely still got a lot of use cases.

[@rafael_tg]

why did its popularity decrease ?

[@83hjf]

@@rafael_tg Node ate it, and pretty much everything web-related out there. JS is THE language nowadays because to be a fullstack dev you only need to learn one language. Before node you did JS on the front, and PHP, Ruby, or .NET on the back (or even Perl if you're old enough, or Python if you're weird enough - jk) .

[@dadestor]

@@83hjf Writing JS on the frontend is bad as it is, using ot for the backend? Hell nah.

[@איתיואזאנא]

@@dadestor I guess you are using Java for your backend. Am I right?

[@Neo-qj2zb]

@@dadestor You probably still use jQuery and have no idea about modern JS tech stack.

[@ministerstein]

Thanks for the introduction! :)But: Only the first character of a constant name needs to be capital, not all. So Hello = 1 is a constant.

[@gamemoves2415]

@@watspme9750 nice bot account

[@salsamancer]

@@gamemoves2415 don't engage with the bot accounts please

[@tratwesterholt7819]

totally correct, but it is considered a goot practice to use the SCREAMING case to define constants :)

[@KManAbout]

@@tratwesterholt7819 what about the money constant? Also I wish namespaces where in the video

[@tratwesterholt7819]

@@KManAbout money? You mean global variables? ($something) It is used only in rare cases (e.g. when we define an instance of Redis). Namespaces are also interesting. You can define a namespaces by using 'module' keyword. Multiple modules can be included in class to mimic the multiple inheritance

[@gray.dog6]

I love this series. Whether you just want to expand your knowledge, or you are interested in a language and want to learn more about it, it’s just so fun to watch.

[@mountainslopes]

Literally started researching Ruby last week, and I watch every video that comes out. I still don’t know how you read everyone’s mind.

[@DevBishwasBh]

Same here. I was also studying/learning Ruby and Ruby on Rails and this video came out.

[@boi64pr60]

Loved it so much. Hope one day you could try an "Elixir in 100 seconds".

[@watspme9750]

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[@ApolloSevan]

I would love to see an elixir and erlang! They don’t get enough love!

[@SKumarInTech]

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[@chewcodes]

@@SKumarInTech so close, rails isn't elixir tho!

[@SKumarInTech]

@@chewcodes i will be doing about elixir if you liked rails

[@junbird]

This is actually the very first programming language I ever dealt with, back when I was a kid making simple games with RPG Maker XP/VX, which used a modified version of Ruby as their scripting language.

[@DaraulHarris]

Me too! My first ever programming project was a TODO application built with rails. I remember being amazed at how I could architect the entire application using only a few rails commands from the CLI

[@GeneralDante108]

Where did you learnt Ruby , how old were you then

[@bilalkureshi7437]

Wow

[@junbird]

​@@GeneralDante108 I was about maybe 11 or 12 years old I think, but I never did actually learn the language, I just messed with it, modifying small parts of the default scripts to see what happened. I didn't understand too many things about programming to learn even a language as simple as this one. Most of the time, if I wanted cool things to happen I just looked for a script that somebody else made and copy-pasted it in the program. Basically what actual developers do with SO, I guess.

[@GeneralDante108]

@@junbird bro you are a genius , when I was 11 yo , i was probably playing with mud at the backyard 😂😂, now am 16 in 10th grade and thinking to start learning programming ....it's too late i think , with my finals next month 🙄🙄

[@FloKorp86]

Ruby will always have a special place in my developer heart as the first language I learned during my training

[@thereeceforbes]

U must of been young then

[@ShortContent853]

You must be old ​@@thereeceforbes

[@adamblumenfeld2223]

I can imagine that managing your environment may be a challenge with all of these projects you do with so many different technologies. Have you thought about doing a video explaining your updated development environment, kind of like your vscode video, though, for your machine?

[@simonkraemer3725]

I learned Ruby and Ruby on Rails at work but it’s actually one of my favorite languages/frameworks so that I enjoy using it for my own projects

[@ParthaSarathylink]

Need a video on different software licensing ! Especially what to avoid if building something as side projects 🔥

[@FPLogistic]

YES PLEASE WE NEED THIS

[@tayjianzhen212]

Yes

[@keegan_bakker]

Refreshing to see a Ruby video in 2022 that doesn't use that same format: "Why _____ is dead in 2022". Ruby is still a beautiful language and for web development (particularly backend, paired with Rails), is still a masterpiece & has a special place in my heart.

[@Rust_Rust_Rust]

Unfortunately popularity for ruby is waning compared to other languages.

[@AndyThomasStaff]

@@Rust_Rust_Rust Fortunately*

[@Draven.G]

​@@AndyThomasStaff why?

[@jaz-it]

For a 100 second video, this is incredibly concise coverage. Thank you!!

[@eugisellerocha]

I'am a developer Ruby and the language is amazing, very intuitive!

[@igustibagusananda7706]

I didn't realize how intuitive this programming language is...

[@HappyGick]

It is. It is also hell to use.

[@rutgerhoutdijk3547]

It's only intuitive when you do simple things like in the video. Once your application grows, it becomes a black box because all the actual logic is hidden behind a pretty facade and you don't know what's happening on a deeper level.

[@donalexey]

it is not. It is great if you are writing the code. It is hell if you are reading the code. Worse if you have to maintain some old code.

[@DevBishwasBh]

It is extremely intuitive

I have been waiting that for ages. Thanks, Jeff. 🙏🏻 This video is such a gem. 🥁🥁🥁💎

[@hatlesscoati3610]

I think Ruby syntax is the best blend between Python and something like Java. I use Ruby all the time since I work with Rails and Ruby is one of my favorite languages for how convenient it is to use.

[@Rust_Rust_Rust]

Unfortunately, it is dying.

[@theperfectionist1607]

@@Rust_Rust_Rust Actually it's making a comeback

[@orangegamer]

I feel the syntax is a mix of python and LUA especially keeping the do and end key words in mind…

[@unnecessaryaddition]

Is ruby a language for the backend devs ? ​@@theperfectionist1607

[@SaifaldeenSAH]

Many thanks, for making this video about Ruby, I was waiting for it. I hope people make more videos about this language and bring back the prosperity of Ruby again.

[@DevBishwasBh]

I am also waiting for it.

[@FPLogistic]

Jeff please make a video explaining different types of software licensing. You're the only person who could make me understand it!

[@randerins]

The best syntax in a programming language

[@ForeverZer0]

Ruby was the first language I learned (RPG Maker XP days), and what got me started into programming. I rarely use it nowadays aside from personal scripts on my own machine and extending it with C (not really "Ruby" programming), but I will always have a soft spot for it. Ruby blocks as first-class citizen has no equal in other languages, at least near as elegantly or simple to use.

[@cesairehonore7813]

Now I understand why ruby devs almost always win code length format coding competitions😅

[@Deanin]

Yeah, Ruby and Rails are pretty neat. Nice video! 🙂

[@NNNedlog]

I've always loved the name of this programming language. I look forward to learning it and adding it to my stack

[@anotidaisheneilmisi904]

Ruby, a gem if I ever saw one

[@ZacharyCarthair]

This is amazing!!! Thank you for doing Ruby! As others asked, it would be great to see a Rails video someday too ✌🏻

[@cihadp]

The most underrated programming language.

[@aqzp.]

I think lua takes that role, but Ruby and Lua both are my favorite

[@cihadp]

@@aqzp. Lua is such a programming language that releases a new version every 5 years. So it's hard to get on the list.

[@s1nistr433]

A lot of the reason is because Python does everything Ruby does and Ruby doesn't have any stand-out features. Python's feature is being easy to learn and good for scripting, PHP's feature is the size of the community, JavaScript/node's feature is using a skill you already know on servers and writing games/desktop apps, what does Ruby do that would make people want to switch to it over its competition?

[@cihadp]

@@s1nistr433 :)

[@slamislife74]

@@s1nistr433 Ruby's standout feature is Rails. Would have been nice if it had offerings for other areas, too

[@manishjain9812]

I was just considering learning ruby. i will start solely because this video engcared me and simpllified core concepts.

[@stephennorton8151]

I really like Ruby. As an enthusiast, it's one of those languages that pique my interest. I want to devote some time to learning it.

[@watspme9750]

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[@HappyGick]

OMG THANK YOU! I was just working on an RoR project (and struggling with it cuz I know nothing about Ruby), but this will surely help me comprehend a lot of things I don't understand

[@pororo7316]

Idk about others but ruby has always been appealing to learn:d

[@FinlayDaG33k]

I used to write Ruby a lot before I discovered PHP but it still has a special place in my heart

[@mithsaradasanayake3211]

Big fan of your 100 seconds series.

[@TheRedCap30]

Learning Ruby for my classes, I love it a lot more than python

[@BruskAwat]

Great content as usual, Jeff. There is also the Crystal Programming Language whose authors claim to be as neat as Ruby and as performant as C. It will be great to see Cryatal in 100 seconds soon.

[@xmine08]

I've had used Crystal for about 2 years until about 2 years ago, at which point I stopped coding as a hobby so nothing against the language. IMO, it's a really good and, from the community, seriously under-rated programming language. It's like Go but with Ruby-goodness. Seriously can recommend!

[@Virbox]

Yes, a nice language. Invidious, the KZbin proxy backend was made with Crystal

[@phucbinh9441]

I remember when i was at the end of primary school and we were learning codecademy when I wanted to learn ruby whilst my friend wanted to learn python. It was when python was not adapted as much. I told him "Python us probably gonna flop in like 2 years man." That aged well

[@BinuJasim]

python hasn't flopped.

[@brycehill4255]

@@BinuJasim you don't understand sarcasm

[@javier.alvarez764]

Javascript is more popular than python nowadays anyway.

[@DuckGoesViral]

these videos are great i feel that what makes them even better is that none of them are 100 seconds

[@heitormbonfim]

Beautiful, I'm a JS developer and I smiled while watching this delicious proglang

[@danko95bgd]

I know it's a complex topic but if you are familiar with event sourcing, it would be nice to see a video about it in the future.

[@henryfleischer404]

I've been learning Ruby recently. It's not going to replace C# for me, but I love it, and I wrote an implementation of Game Of Life in the console using it yesterday. It was so much easier than doing it in C#.

[@TheUltimateGeminiHasSurvived]

I loved RoR, but left the ecosystem in search of a better life in the Node world. Ow, I’m rebuilding my startup in RoR again. It took 5 years for me to realize, I was already using the best tool.

[@andythedishwasher1117]

Ruby was the first programming language I tried to learn as a teenager because the Elder Scrolls construction kit ran on it.

[@omarluq5313]

Love to see ruby getting some attention from fireship 👏🏼

[@PaleAlex]

The first programming language I've seriously studied ❤

[@SkyFly19853]

Nice! One of my favorite programming languages!

[@shateq]

Ruby is great because of its simplicity - I agree. Nice video

[@asergb]

i've always had a rough time learning ror due to how odd the ruby syntax is for me, but this has been quite concise

[@arcymenel4959]

0:47 i've watched this video few months ago and I can't stop thinking about Ruby flavored juice

[@verified_tinker1818]

Awesome! Do Elixir next?

[@JamesSmith-cm7sg]

The syntax looks clean.

[@momomaniac1234]

thank you for this video 😃 i waited for it for days

[@colton8971]

Jeff: The expert in every programming language and framework the world needs.

[@jaicarey7023]

Request for a Datadog in 100s & Vault in 100s :D These videos are so valuable, thank you for doing what you do!

[@sophiacristina]

I'm enjoying learning Ruby, the simplicity makes small projects to be pretty fast and easy to do, i would dare to say it is simpler and easier than Python.

[@yananderson5864]

Dude omfg??? I was searching for this video yesterday in your channel, didnt find. And now you release it, im jawl dropped

[@davidem3283]

This is the 99th 100 seconds of code. What can possibly deserve to be the 💯 th?

[@charalamposmitrogeorgos6177]

Can't wait for a video about Ionic in 100 seconds!

[@re.liable]

Though I've started my webdev journey with React, I'm still very much curious with Ruby. Hope I can find the time to dabble on it soon!

[@1klap]

What I still find mindblowing about ruby, are the dynamic method evocation possibilites. you can call a method foo by sending the string "foo" as an argument of the send function "jeff".send "quack" is the same as "jeff".quack

[@n2killu]

Thank you for that info, seems useful

[@ioshaven436]

Ruby is too magical. Probably explains why startups eventually migrate away from it.

[@alexeycherkashin6251]

Can't JavaScript do the same? I think it's just a matter of personal preferences to use it or not

[@bezimienny5]

RPG Maker XP/VX times just flashed in front of my tired eyes... thanks a lot!

[@jlf_]

Good timing. I started learning ruby a week ago :)

[@genevievejoshua]

love ruby and RnR. haven't coded on it for years but i could easily say that my career path would have been a lot different if I didn't tried out RnR as an experiment that would eventually land me my first job

[@saviu_u9683]

Ruby is my favorite language so far, easy to read, easy to manage, fast to develop, bad performance is the only downside, but it can be smoothed out if you use the right methods

[@markmental6665]

just started using ruby for backend and i gotta say webrick and sinatra are pretty awesome

This video is a gem!

[@Skyfox94]

I remember reading about Ruby - specifically Ruby on Rails - bootcamps in late 09 and that they were all the rage in the US. Basically, you paid some people lots of money, they'd lock you in a room with 10 other people and force feed you Ruby and your shit started to become red, hard and shiny.

[@martinrages]

Babe wake up, new Fireship video just dropped!

[@nathanruben3372]

As a rubyist, may biggest promblem with ruby, is that ruby missed the data science revolution, but also big companies like google did not adopt this language and did not create libraries. I literally hate python but it has become de facto language for machine learning, data science etc. Also it does everthing, ruby can. Another problem is that matz did not create the compiled version of this language. Because of these factors, ruby is not popular as it used to be. I despise python so much that I learned julie to use in scientefic computing. I still use ruby of and on but not as it used to be...

[@sachinrao7155]

Mah man ❤️ what a dedication

[@lilnice5187]

Who hates python tho 😏

[@azhagurajaallinall126]

To tell you a good info,i searched over ML in Ruby in last 1-2 years & found some on internet.. Also ruby can act as a glue code that works well with many thus features.. All we have to do is make a universal simple syntax,fun programming,make it compiled while making trendsetting softwares in it.. The ability to works well with other software,languages is huge plus btw (if we need motivation to do & market so) 😃 24.01.2023 08:08 pm ist

[@nathanruben3372]

@@azhagurajaallinall126 For ML or data science it is just too late. For glue code, there are far better alternatives like lua. I do not see a future for ruby. Crystal programming language seems promising but brings nothings special to the table other than ruby like syntax and static compilation, and it is another language. I can be better with go or rust, both have unique features and sound base. So really, I pitty on myself for committing to ruby at 2004 after perl. Just bad luck.

[@tempacc9589]

What's wrong with Python? The only big issue with it is that it's single threaded but that's basically all interepreted languages.

[@naveennamani2]

1 more 100seconds video will make 100 videos in this series, awesome

[@beginnercoderhelp6549]

Concise presentation. Thanks.

[@leonstansfield]

I like it when the funny code man says his funny code words at me fore 100 seconds. makes me feel clever.

[@orangeguy5374]

0:12 Doesn’t Python have object-oriented features?

[@svens3722]

Job Interviewer: Do you know Ruby? Me: Yes.

[@MicheleRiva]

Ruby ❤️ My first love 😍

[@Fireship]

Mine too

[@watspme9750]

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[@daedaliusX]

Fireship: "Ruby in 100 Seconds!" Brain: "Ok, let's put that in WATCH LATER"

[@spookyeef6338]

i was waiting for this video thank you so much

[@furo.v]

One of the best languages out there. It should be even more popular than it is.

[@zekrodev]

A video about Elixir and Genservers would be awesome. 💧

[@watspme9750]

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[@tylersustare]

I’ve never been so happy 😃😃😃 I’ve been wanting this for a year

[@carlt.8266]

Will you also do your type of video on Ruby on Rails? :D I know there is a copy of your format already, but I guess I like yours more.

[@MercyFromOverwatch2]

Jeff is still my favourite tech youtuber

[@Uglipeanutz]

Ruby: Morshu's programming language of choice

[@adrisongomez6482]

Ruby on Rails!!!! I hope tha would be the next one! 😬

[@rohan_kurup]

This video is priceless. Thank you!

[@jammincoder]

Cool video! Stefon Mischook should watch this 😆

[@whamer100]

ive never used Ruby before, but now i kinda wanna try it. it looks pretty cool

[@theoneandonlyzulu3342]

Another awesome video! Had a friend who coded in ruby a long time ago when I first started out, where as I started on PHP & am now building a lot of stuff in react. We built a few projects together, he did the backend, I the front. I'm a full stack, but he didn't really know frontend. Bit of a tangent, anyway. I can see why he wanted to learn PHP now 😂 I didn't realise the syntax was that bad, and people complain about the loose type system in js. I don't want to imagine how unreadable massive projects would be.

[@alvinqingxing]

My first programming language!

[@orishem8392]

Fantastic explanations and examples. Great video!

[@PlotTwists]

thanks, I can now add Ruby to my resume

[@code4life332]

I’ve been using ruby on rails for 100 years. And though it sounds like you’ve never used it, you did a bang up job explaining it in 100 seconds. Cheers

[@wattsfield1889]

That's scary. I literlly started learning Ruby for a project today and thought: "I wonder if Fireship has a video on it" Same day, boom.

[@DevBishwasBh]

Yupp, two weeks ago I started learning Ruby and Rails, and same happened with me. Ruby on Rails is pretty awesome.

[@alegian7934]

i love seeing emojis in code, always makes me giggle 😂

[@ajpalok]

Fact is I really love your content and thanks for the video!! really loved that you filled my wish about this video and thanks again for a wonderful concept clearing video! Beyond 100 seconds will be a great video for us I guess 🥰🥰🥰 Tons of love for you 🥰 Edited: After a year, still recommending this to others. 🥰🥰🥰

[@joeseabreeze]

You should do a video on why there are so many languages that do the same thing at the same speed, but have different syntax 😜