Hi! I havenāt posted for a while as TTY lessons, articles about it, and future algorithm lessons stopped me a little. Those who read my other article, Falling in love with Ruby, might know I wasted some time fixing up my car last time.
Wellā¦ This time, I had a massive coolant leak but decided to give it to the garage as this time, I had no room and access to tools to work on that.
I was a bit lucky as the fixup turned out not to be too expensive, and I could focus on learning again.
Event Manager
The Event Manager project was a deep dive into working with JSON, manipulating files, and reading CSV files.
It was a longer project, and for the first time, The Odin Project guided us step by step. I appreciated this approach because it felt like a solid introduction to concepts Iāll likely revisit.
Itās a great project to bookmark for future reference, especially since these skills will become second nature after repeated use.
Understanding how to build a hash for serialization took some time to click. Up until now, I relied heavily on arrays to solve most problems.
This project highlighted the importance of hashes, and Iāve decided to focus on using them more in upcoming projects.
If you want to see a code, give my repo a look!
Hangman
The Hangman project was one of my favorites so far. It reminded me of the calculator project, which was the final task in the foundations section. Every step felt intuitive like I knew exactly what to do to solve each small problem.
That said, I hit a few roadblocks toward the endāespecially when trying to save the game state. Figuring out how to write valid JSON files and store them correctly took the most time. I had to revisit earlier lessons and piece everything together to make it work, but the effort was worth it.
If youāre curious about the code, there it is!
Advanced Ruby
The next in the line was Pattern Matching and Blocks. These lessons passed quite quickly and were not too difficult to understand. Yeah, letās see in the future šI can bet I will be coming to review them as well.
But to be honest, it wasnāt as bad. Pattern Matching and Blocks opened my eyes to more efficient ways to process data and pass instructions to methods.
While these concepts are still new to me, I see how they can streamline collaboration in larger applications.
Final Words
Iām currently working through the āA Bit of Computer Scienceā lesson, and I have no idea how long itāll take to finish.
Once I complete the Ruby course, Iām considering writing a summary of the total hours Iāve spent on these lessonsāsimilar to my previous article. Iāve been tracking my progress daily, and it might be interesting to share those numbers.
Let me know in the comments if thereās anything specific youād like me to elaborate on!