# Ruby Kickstart - free course with videos, quizzes, & challenges **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 1, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-kickstart-free-course-with-videos-quizzes-challenges/208988 "2011-07-01T22:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-kickstart-free-course-with-videos-quizzes-challenges/208988/1 "2011-07-01T22:40:12Z")
WEBSITE: [http://ruby-kickstart.com](http://ruby-kickstart.com) SYNOPSIS: Happy to finally officially announce Ruby Kickstart, a curriculum with videos, quizzes, & challenges that I’ve used to teach my friends Ruby. Why would my friends want to learn Ruby? They’re jealous of how much fun I have. Now you, too, can be this happy! FEATURES: - There are six sessions where we progress from the basics all the way through putting a web application on the internet. The material that we go through is available at [GitHub - JoshCheek/ruby-kickstart: An interactive guide to learning the Ruby programming language.](https://github.com/JoshCheek/ruby-kickstart) - Each session has an associated video where I go through the material for my friends (my friends and I went through RKS this summer, I recorded the sessions, they’re available on the website) Plus a FREE bonus video where I talk about recursion (WINNING!). - Each session has an associated quiz that you can take on the website. Don’t fear the quizzes, remember, quizzes are opportunities to show off! - Each session has a set of challenges you can go through. These are short programming problems that use the material taught in the session. There is a test suite for each so you can know if you did it correctly. Some are simple manipulation of basic Ruby objects, and others are quite comprehensive. The last challenge, for example, will have you create a website with Sinatra that includes some library code, Bundler, and Rack. When you’re passing this test suite, you’ll be ready to put it on Heroku and send the URL to your parents “Look what I made, ma!” (always tell your mother if you want morale support) TESTIMONIALS: “Wow, Josh, I’m really impressed” – My mother. One friend who learned Ruby through RKS last summer just got hired to do Rails professionally in Vancouver. So if you give as much of a shit as he did, you will see results. Plus, it’s _way_ better than it was when he went through it. Also, the Rails job market is hot right now, so it’s a great time to be learning Ruby. ---
**Author:** ![jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcain)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-kickstart-free-course-with-videos-quizzes-challenges/208988/2 "2011-07-02T00:16:56Z")
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**Author:** ![jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcain)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-kickstart-free-course-with-videos-quizzes-challenges/208988/3 "2011-07-04T00:09:05Z")
> [http://ruby-kickstart.com](http://ruby-kickstart.com) Very interesting Josh, I’ll have to take a look. I’ve got a baby rubyist that I’ve been mentoring very freely. He’s at the point where I think something like what you’re offering would help a lot. ---
**Author:** ![jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcain)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-kickstart-free-course-with-videos-quizzes-challenges/208988/4 "2011-07-04T02:44:55Z")
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 5:08 PM, spiralofhope \< removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote: > > [http://ruby-kickstart.com](http://ruby-kickstart.com) > > Very interesting Josh, I’ll have to take a look. > > I’ve got a baby rubyist that I’ve been mentoring very freely. He’s at > the point where I think something like what you’re offering would help > a lot. Fantastic 🙂 If you guys have any feedback, let me know so I can improve it for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jcain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-kickstart-free-course-with-videos-quizzes-challenges/208988/5 "2011-07-14T09:59:26Z")
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Josh C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > WEBSITE: > [http://ruby-kickstart.com](http://ruby-kickstart.com) I’ve now removed logging in altogether. Anyone can take the quizzes (go see if you know your Ruby 😉 I think it was a feature no one wanted and only served to act as a hurdle, so its gone now.