What is it for?
For being able to write and run basic Ruby scripts.
What skills does it represent?
This badge covers several basic programming concepts in the Ruby programming language:
- Variables: scalars, lists, objects
- Flow control: Conditionals and Loops
- File handling: reading from and writing to files
- Understanding the basic type concept of Ruby
- String comparisons and operations and simple Regular Expressions
- Numerical comparisons and operations
Key Skill
The bearer is able to use a custom written Ruby script to analyse simple data sets or parse information from simple data files.