Note: This article first appeared on 13th Sept. 2009 but the original is not accessible; hence the reprint.

Poll: Ruby Problems for Beginners and Prizes

Many RubyLearning participants wrote in asking RubyLearning to start a weekly post containing a problem to be solved using Ruby. A problem will be posted here every week / fortnight and anyone is free to offer their solution (the solution should be clear-cut, follow Ruby conventions and still be easy to understand) as a comment to the blog post. A small panel will evaluate the solutions received and decide the best amongst them all. The person with the best solution will be awarded a token prize which could be a Peepcode or a Pragmatic screencast or something equivalent. Maybe some sponsors could chip in with some prizes!

RubyLearning is open to this idea and will start the same provided there is a good response to this. There’s a single question poll below which please answer and what’s more important is to post your thoughts, suggestions etc. as comments to this blog post.

We do have the Ruby Quiz, a weekly programming challenge for Ruby programmers. What’s also needed is something for programmers starting off with Ruby. Maybe RubyLearning could provide this.

We look forward to your response(s) and thoughts, suggestions (thoughts on the nature of the Ruby problem to be asked, evaluation criteria etc.) as comments below.

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Update: Thank you for the over-whelming response to the poll. The poll is now closed. As the poll results suggest, RubyLearning is going ahead and starting off the “Ruby Programming Challenge For Newbies (RPCFN)” from Friday, 25th Sept. 2009. We are also getting a very positive response from many Ruby Gurus and Sponsors. Work on the RPCFN FAQ is underway. In the meantime, we still look forward to your response(s) and thoughts, suggestions (thoughts on the nature of the Ruby problem to be asked, evaluation criteria etc.) as comments below.