Bored with HTML, CSS and JavaScript? Feeling like you want a new challenge? Codecademy has just launched a new language for you to learn.
It’s none other than Ruby, the Japanese programming language which has been described as ‘a joy’ to code. Sound interesting? Keep reading to learn more.
Why learn Ruby?
Ruby is a popular server side, AKA back end, language. This means it’s used to manipulate web pages before they get delivered to your browser, as opposed to a language like JavaScript which manipulates pages after they get delivered.
If you want to build any kind of powerful website, a back end language is extremely useful to know, and Ruby’s just about as popular as a programming language can get. It also forms the backbone of the hugely popular Ruby on Rails framework.
Best of all, Ruby’s syntax is dead easy and intuitive. No fancy bracket system or semicolons here.
What Codecademy’s offering
Codecademy’s newly launched Ruby track is already chock full of lessons and projects. Unlike previous tracks which only added new courses one or two at a time each week, all the basic Ruby courses are present from the very start.
There are courses on control flow, loops, arrays, hashes, blocks, sorting and more, so make sure you check out the track here.
Ruby’s not the only new addition
Codecademy’s Python lessons are now out of beta mode too, meaning all the technical issues are sorted and new lessons have been added.
Python is also used as a back-end web development language, like Ruby. So if you find Ruby’s not your cup of tea, Python is an ideal alternative to learn.
Try it out
Codecademy Ruby lessons
Codecademy Python lessons
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