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  • SY LOC
    SY LOC
    3,233 Points

    placement

    Posted May 25, 2015 5:34am by SY LOC
    SY LOC
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    1 Answer

  • johnny preston
    johnny preston
    246 Points

    undefined method `+' ???

    Posted April 12, 2015 1:28pm by johnny preston
    johnny preston
    246 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Foundations
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    2 Answers

  • Harrison Hondo
    Harrison Hondo
    7,283 Points

    Do I need to switch operating systems?

    Posted January 27, 2015 8:27am by Harrison Hondo
    Harrison Hondo
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    1 Answer

  • Harrison Hondo
    Harrison Hondo
    7,283 Points

    mkdir -p source/methods gives error

    Posted January 27, 2015 8:26am by Harrison Hondo
    Harrison Hondo
    7,283 Points
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    2 Answers

  • Ronnie Barua
    Ronnie Barua
    17,665 Points

    Guess I'll learn Rails some where else

    Posted January 21, 2015 6:01pm by Ronnie Barua
    Ronnie Barua
    17,665 Points
    • Ruby
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    6 Answers

  • Ronnie Barua
    Ronnie Barua
    17,665 Points

    Trouble making mkdir -p Source/methods using macPro. Thanks in advance

    Posted January 21, 2015 3:49pm by Ronnie Barua
    Ronnie Barua
    17,665 Points
    • Ruby
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    4 Answers

  • gerald blady
    gerald blady
    9,052 Points

    How do you get sublime to open up the same way in the video?

    Posted December 10, 2014 2:32pm by gerald blady
    gerald blady
    9,052 Points
    • Ruby
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    1 Answer

  • Logan Bresnahan
    Logan Bresnahan
    3,389 Points

    Not totally understanding the special initialize method in Ruby. Do you have to use instance variables with initialize?

    Posted November 15, 2014 2:30am by Logan Bresnahan
    Logan Bresnahan
    3,389 Points
    • Ruby
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  • Antoine Boillot
    Antoine Boillot
    10,466 Points

    Why do I have to type [def name=(str)] in the following method example ?

    Posted October 13, 2014 5:14pm by Antoine Boillot
    Antoine Boillot
    10,466 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Foundations
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    3 Answers

  • Antoine Boillot
    Antoine Boillot
    10,466 Points

    mkdir -p [directory to create] : What does "-p" stand for ?

    Posted October 10, 2014 8:09am by Antoine Boillot
    Antoine Boillot
    10,466 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Foundations
    • Methods
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    3 Answers

  • unkosewjlc
    unkosewjlc
    960 Points

    Why do you use the form @variable? Do you use this form for all variables inside classes?

    Posted September 11, 2014 1:50pm by unkosewjlc
    unkosewjlc
    960 Points
    • Ruby
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    2 Answers

  • Richard Stringfellow
    Richard Stringfellow
    6,883 Points

    Waiting on the side of the tracks

    Posted August 12, 2014 12:53am by Richard Stringfellow
    Richard Stringfellow
    6,883 Points
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    4 Answers

  • Nicholas Lee
    Nicholas Lee
    12,474 Points

    What two applications is Jason working with in this video. What would be the best way to follow along?

    Posted August 11, 2014 4:21pm by Nicholas Lee
    Nicholas Lee
    12,474 Points
    • Ruby
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    2 Answers

  • Stuart Santos
    Stuart Santos
    13,557 Points

    IRB load error

    Posted August 5, 2014 9:50am by Stuart Santos
    Stuart Santos
    13,557 Points
    • Ruby
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    1 Answer

  • Gerson Lopez
    Gerson Lopez
    13,352 Points

    Video won't load :/

    Posted July 2, 2014 7:45pm by Gerson Lopez
    Gerson Lopez
    13,352 Points
    • Ruby
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    1 Answer

  • jamesrauhut
    jamesrauhut
    4,785 Points

    touch and subl are not recognized in command prompt

    Posted June 2, 2014 8:55pm by jamesrauhut
    jamesrauhut
    4,785 Points
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    5 Answers

  • ryan chan
    ryan chan
    1,547 Points

    I'm working on windows and when I try to open the program by running "ruby simple_method.rb" it comes up for me to

    Posted May 17, 2014 1:23pm by ryan chan
    ryan chan
    1,547 Points
    • Ruby
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