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LESSON 3: LET'S START CODING
Now we know what we are trying to solve, let’s start coding!
Here's what we'll learn in Lesson 3:
Terminal:
- how to run our file -
ruby file_name - how to run ruby commands from terminal -
irb - hit the up arrow key to bring back previously used commands
Ruby:
- how to get input from our user -
gets.chomp - how to output things to the screen -
puts "Coding is mega fun!!" - how to use variables in our string aka string interpolation -
\# variable - how to use do different things at different times -
if elsif else - how to assign a variable a value -
- how to check the value of a variable -
DID YOU KNOW?
Coder Academy's Web Development Bootcamps are offered in two durations?
FAST TRACK - For those that want to up-skill fast and;
FLEX TRACK - For those that need to fit study around other commitments like family and/or work.
LESSON 4: DEBUGGING
We have the bulk of our app already written, but there are a few little bugs that may cause us problems! Let’s have a look at how to make our app even better so it won’t break! This is called debugging.
Here's what we'll learn in Lesson 4.
Ruby:
- how to capitalise a variable -
variable.capitalize - get.chomp always gives us a string!
- how to change a string to an integer -
variable.to_i
DID YOU KNOW?
In the 1940s a woman by the name of Admiral Grace Hopper came up with the term De-Bugging! While she was working on a Mark II computer at Harvard a moth literally got stuck in a relay and impeded operation. She told her team that she needed to 'De-Bug' the system!
LESSON 5: PUSHING TO GITHUB
Now that our application is complete, let’s have a look at how to share your code with other developers using GitHub.
Here's what we'll learn in Lesson 5.
- GitHub usage
FURTHER CHALLENGES...
- Get the user to input how much they would like to deposit instead of hardcoding $20
- If the user inputs anything apart from ‘D’, ‘W’, ‘B’, show an error message: “Invalid entry, try again”- only if the amount is a valid number, update the balance, else send an error message “invalid amount, please enter a value > 0
ADVANCED CHALLENGES...
- Modify the code to stay on the application unless user selects an option to exit. Hint: explore loops
- Work on the previous balance until you exit the app, instead of starting from zero. Hint: explore global variables
- Persist the account balance and associate with a particular user and find ways of storing data, even after exiting the application. Hint: explore hashes, and file read and write
RESOURCES...
Final Code:
