Beginner friendly

Ruby

A dynamic, object-oriented scripting language designed for programmer happiness and readable code — best known for the Ruby on Rails web framework, and widely used for web applications, automation scripts, and developer tooling.

86 lessons ~7h 31m to complete Beginner → Advanced Free, no signup

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Difficulty: Beginner
Version: 3.4
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What you'll learn

A complete path from the basics to production-ready skills — work through it in order, at your own pace.

1 Level 1 — Beginner 38 lessons
2 Beginner Projects 1 lesson
3 Level 2 — Intermediate 26 lessons
4 Intermediate Projects 1 lesson
5 Level 3 — Advanced 18 lessons
6 Advanced Projects 1 lesson
7 What You Should Know Now — and What's Next 1 lesson

Ready to start learning Ruby?

No prior programming experience required — every lesson starts from the basics.

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