Ruby Skill Overview

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    Category: Technical > Programming languages

Description

Ruby is a high-level, interpreted programming language that emphasizes simplicity and productivity. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including procedural, object-oriented, and functional programming. Ruby skills range from understanding basic syntax and data types to more advanced concepts like metaprogramming and concurrency. As you progress, you'll learn about arrays, hashes, exception handling, modules, file I/O operations, and regular expressions. Advanced users can write complex code, optimize for performance, and even contribute to the Ruby language itself. Mastery of Ruby also involves understanding the Ruby interpreter, debugging techniques, and system design.

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Ruby on Rails,

Expected Behaviors

  • Fundamental Awareness

    At this level, individuals are expected to understand the basic syntax of Ruby and be familiar with its data types. They should be able to perform simple input/output operations and use basic control structures such as if, while, and for. Additionally, they should be capable of writing and calling simple functions.

  • Novice

    Novices should have a good understanding of object-oriented programming in Ruby and be able to use arrays and hashes. They should know how to handle exceptions and use modules and mixins. They should also be familiar with file I/O operations and regular expressions.

  • Intermediate

    Intermediate users should be able to use advanced features of arrays and hashes, understand metaprogramming, and use blocks, procs, and lambdas. They should have knowledge of multithreading and concurrency, understand garbage collection, and be able to use RubyGems and Bundler.

  • Advanced

    Advanced users should be able to write and understand complex metaprogramming code, understand the Ruby Object Model, write and use DSLs, and have knowledge of advanced concurrency and parallelism techniques. They should understand the Ruby C API and be able to optimize Ruby code for performance.

  • Expert

    Experts should have a deep understanding of the Ruby interpreter and its internals, and be able to contribute to the Ruby language itself. They should know advanced debugging and profiling techniques, understand how to design and implement complex systems using Ruby, and be able to mentor others and provide expert advice on Ruby development.

Micro Skills

Knowledge of variable declaration and assignment

Understanding of arithmetic and logical operators

Ability to use comments

Understanding of method definition and invocation

Understanding of numbers, strings, and booleans

Knowledge of nil and its usage

Familiarity with symbols

Understanding of the difference between mutable and immutable data types

Ability to use puts and print for output

Understanding of gets for input

Ability to write if-else statements

Understanding of while and until loops

Knowledge of for loops and range objects

Familiarity with case statements

Knowledge of how to call a function

Understanding of function parameters and arguments

Understanding of class definition

Understanding of object creation

Understanding of instance variables

Knowledge of superclass and subclass

Understanding of method overriding

Understanding of public, private, and protected methods

Understanding of encapsulation principles

Knowledge of polymorphic methods

Understanding of duck typing

Understanding of class variables

Knowledge of common array methods

Knowledge of common hash methods

Knowledge of dynamic method creation

Understanding of introspection

Ability to use eval and its variants

Knowledge of hooks and callbacks

Understanding of block syntax and usage

Knowledge of proc objects

Understanding of lambda semantics

Ability to pass blocks, procs, and lambdas as arguments

Understanding of threads and their usage

Knowledge of thread safety and synchronization

Understanding of the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)

Ability to use concurrent data structures

Knowledge of how Ruby's garbage collector works

Understanding of object life cycle

Ability to manage memory effectively

Knowledge of garbage collector tuning

Understanding of gem packaging system

Ability to create and publish a gem

Knowledge of Bundler and its usage

Understanding of managing dependencies with Bundler

Understanding of the singleton class

Knowledge of method_missing and respond_to?

Ability to define methods dynamically

Understanding of instance_eval and class_eval

Knowledge of how objects, classes, and modules interact

Knowledge of object instance variables and class variables

Understanding of object id and object equality

Understanding of instance_eval for DSL creation

Knowledge of how to design a fluent interface

Ability to create a DSL with blocks

Understanding of how to use metaprogramming in DSLs

Understanding of threads and processes in Ruby

Knowledge of the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)

Ability to use Thread and Process classes

Understanding of how to use Mutex and ConditionVariable

Knowledge of how to extend Ruby with C

Ability to write a Ruby extension in C

Understanding of the Ruby C API functions

Knowledge of how to handle memory management in C extensions

Understanding of Ruby's garbage collector

Knowledge of benchmarking and profiling tools

Ability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks

Understanding of how to use caching for performance improvement

Understanding of the Ruby bytecode

Knowledge of the garbage collection process in Ruby

Familiarity with the Ruby interpreter's memory management

Understanding of the Ruby interpreter's thread scheduling

Understanding of the Ruby source code

Ability to write C extensions for Ruby

Knowledge of the Ruby community's contribution guidelines

Experience with testing and debugging changes to the Ruby language

Ability to use Ruby's built-in debugging tools

Understanding of how to profile Ruby code for performance

Knowledge of third-party debugging and profiling tools

Experience with debugging complex concurrency issues

Knowledge of software architecture principles

Experience with designing large-scale applications in Ruby

Understanding of how to structure Ruby code for maintainability and readability

Ability to make appropriate use of Ruby's metaprogramming features in large projects

Experience with teaching Ruby to others

Ability to explain complex Ruby concepts in simple terms

Understanding of best practices in Ruby development

Knowledge of the latest developments and trends in the Ruby community

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  • Expert
    3 years work experience
  • Achievement Ownership
    Yes
  • Micro-skills
    91
  • Roles requiring skill
    1
  • Customizable
    Yes
  • Last Update
    Mon Jun 03 2024
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