Blocks #

• What are closures?
• What are blocks?
• What are Procs and lambdas? How are they different?
• How do closures interact with variable scope?
• What are blocks used for? Give examples of specific use cases
• How do we write methods that take a block? What errors and pitfalls can arise from this and how do we avoid them?
• How do we utilize the return value of a block? How can methods that take a block pass pieces of data to that block?
• What is Symbol#to_proc and how is it used?
• How do we specific a block argument explicitly?
• How can we return a Proc from a method or block?
• What is arity? What kinds of things in Ruby exhibit arity? Give explicit examples.

Testing #

• What is Minitest? How do we get access to it?
• What are the different styles of Minitest?
• What is RSpec? How does it differ from Minitest?
• What is a test suite? What is a test?
• What are assertions? How do they work?
• Give some examples of common assertions and how they are used.
• What is the SEAT approach?
• What is code coverage and how is it used? What tools can you use to gauge code coverage for yourself?

Core Ruby Tools #

• What are RubyGems? How are they used? Where can you find them? How do you manage them in your own environment? How do you include them in projects you create?
• What is the RubyGems format for projects?
• What are Ruby Version Managers? Why do we need them? Give some examples of available Ruby Version Managers and what they can do for you.
• What is Bundler? What does it do and why is it useful?
• What is Rake? What does it do and why is it useful?
• What is a .gemspec file?
• How do the Ruby tools relate to one another?

Regex #

• What are patterns?
• How do you define a regex?
• What is concatenation in regex? How is it achieved?
• What is alternation in regex? How is it achieved?
• What are a few examples of the most basic kind of regex patterns?
• What is a meta-character? How do you deal with them in regex? List a few examples.
• What is a character class? How are they created? Give specific examples.
• How are meta-characters different inside and outside of a character class?
• What is an anchor? What, specifically, do you have to watch out for with anchors when it comes to Ruby regex?
• What is a quantifier? How do they operate? Give explicit examples.
• What is a capture group and how is it used?
• How do you test a string against a regex?
• How can you split strings into multiple items with a regex?
• How do you construct new strings from existing strings?