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TEACHING RUBY IN ACORPORATE ENVIRONMENT

JIM FREEZEOCT 1, 2004

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BACKGROUND

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR

ACRONYMSEDA - ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATIONCAD - BACKEND TOOL SUPPORT

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RUBY IN THE EDA

EDA COMPANIES USING RUBY(THAT I KNOW OF)

CYPRESS AGILENT INTELAT&T MAXIM-IC MOTOROLA

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OUTLINE

COURSE HISTORYSTUDENT PROFILETOOLS AND TEXTSCURRICULUMCOURSE FLOW (STYLE)PUBLICIZINGINFRASTRUCTUREBEST PRACTICES

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COURSE HISTORY

ORIGINALLY TAUGHT IN ONE QTRTWO LESSONS PER WEEK20 LESSONSHOMEWORK

WRITTEN EXERCISESPROGRAMMING LABS

CONDENSED INTO 2.5 DAY COURSENOW TAUGHT 1-2 TIMES PER QTR

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COURSE OVERVIEW

REQUIRES COMPUTER ACCESS IN CLASSROOM1-3 STUDENTS PER COMPUTER

LENGTH IS 2.5 TO 3 DAYSINTERACTIVE EXAMPLESEXCERCISES AND PROGRAMMING LABSCODE REVIEWSPLENTY OF GOOD FOOD AND SNACKSIT’S A CLASS, NOT A PRESENTATION

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STUDENT PROFILE

MANAGERSTEST ENGINEERSMODELING ENGINEERSCAD ENGINEERSTECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION CAD ENGRSDESIGN ENGINEERS

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TOOLS AND TEXTS

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TOOLS

IRBRIEDITOR WITH SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTINGCOMMAND LINE

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TEXTS

PRINTOUT OF LECTURE SLIDES320+ PAGES OF POWERPOINT

Programming Ruby: The PragmaticProgrammer’s Guide

David Thomas, Andrew HuntAddison Wesley Longman, Inc.

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TEXTS CON’T

TEXT MUST HAVE INDEX

STUDENTS WOULD LIKE A QUICK HELPGUIDE

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CURRICULUM

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Course Outline - Day 1• Introduction 7• Ruby Design Principles 23• Getting Started 33• Lab 1 40• Variable, Methods, Classes and Objects 41

• Variables 43• Methods 47• Classes and Objects 52

• OO Theory 59• Lab 2 68• Standard Types 69• Variables 79• Control Structures 87• Printing, Strings and Statements 96• Documentation 104• Lab 3 119• Test First Development 120• Lab 4 148• Regular Expressions and Case Statement 149• Lab 5 174

LET’S RUBY

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CURRICULUM

INTRODUCTION TO RUBY AND MATZHAVE FUNWOW ‘EM

SYNTAX BASICS - NAMING, CONTROL FLOWVARIABLES, METHODS, CLASSES & OBJECTS

INTERNALIZING NEW CONCEPTS MAY BE SLOWCUSTOMIZE CONTENT CAN HELP

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WHAT IS A CLASS?A CLASS IS A COMBINATION OF

• STATE• BEHAVIOR

EXAMPLES:

extract_netlistrmin, fmaxLayout

BehaviorStateClass

simulatevdd, vccFET

to_raphael2dnum_metalsStackup

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STACKUP OBJECT

AN OBJECT IS AN INSTANTIATION OF A CLASS.

Object

Class to_raphael_2dnum_metalsStackup

BehaviorStateName

ram5.to_raphael_2d2ram5

r95ld

Stackup

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NMOS OBJECT

AN OBJECT IS AN INSTANTIATION OF A CLASS.

Object

Class simulatevdd, vccFET

BehaviorStateName

nmos.simulate3.3, 0.0nmos

nmos

FET

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Course Outline - Day 1• Introduction 7• Ruby Design Principles 23• Getting Started 33• Lab 1 40• Variable, Methods, Classes and Objects 41

• Variables 43• Methods 47• Classes and Objects 52

• OO Theory 59• Lab 2 68• Standard Types 69• Variables 79• Control Structures 87• Printing, Strings and Statements 96• Documentation 104• Lab 3 119• Test First Development 120• Lab 4 148• Regular Expressions and Case Statement 149• Lab 5 174

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CURRICULUM

SOLVE COMMON PROBLEMSCODE DOCUMENTATIONSHORT HALF-LIFE OF SCRIPTS

LET’S KEEP UNREADABLE LANGUAGES UNREAD

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Course Outline - Day 1• Introduction 7• Ruby Design Principles 23• Getting Started 33• Lab 1 40• Variable, Methods, Classes and Objects 41

• Variables 43• Methods 47• Classes and Objects 52

• OO Theory 59• Lab 2 68• Standard Types 69• Variables 79• Control Structures 87• Printing, Strings and Statements 96• Documentation 104• Lab 3 119• Test First Development 120• Lab 4 148• Regular Expressions and Case Statement 149• Lab 5 174

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Course Outline - Day 2• Lab 5 174• Iterators and Blocks 175• Method Invocation and Method Missing 188• Lab 6 196• Files and Directory 197• Lab 7 211• Class Variables & Methods and Inheritance 212• Modules, Module Methods and Eval 230• Command Line Applications 242• Exceptions, Catch and Throw 257• Lab 8 273• Daemons, System Calls and Forking 274• Debugging, Profiling and Benchmarking 285• Threads and IO 298• Deployment 305• Best Practices 312• Mail 317• HTTP 319• Resources 321

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CURRICULUM

BLOCKS, PROCS, LAMBDAS, ITERATORS, …GENERALLY MIND WARPING

METHOD INVOCATIONFILE AND DIRECTORY ACCESS

“RUBY SAY …”, GUY DECOUX

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Course Outline - Day 2• Lab 5 174• Iterators and Blocks 175• Method Invocation and Method Missing 188• Lab 6 196• Files and Directory 197• Lab 7 211• Class Variables & Methods and Inheritance 212• Modules, Module Methods and Eval 230• Command Line Applications 242• Exceptions, Catch and Throw 257• Lab 8 273• Daemons, System Calls and Forking 274• Debugging, Profiling and Benchmarking 285• Threads and IO 298• Deployment 305• Best Practices 312• Mail 317• HTTP 319• Resources 321

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Course Outline - Day 2• Lab 5 174• Iterators and Blocks 175• Method Invocation and Method Missing 188• Lab 6 196• Files and Directory 197• Lab 7 211• Class Variables & Methods and Inheritance 212• Modules, Module Methods and Eval 230• Command Line Applications 242• Exceptions, Catch and Throw 257• Lab 8 273• Daemons, System Calls and Forking 274• Debugging, Profiling and Benchmarking 285• Threads and IO 298• Deployment 305• Best Practices 312• Mail 317• HTTP 319• Resources 321

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CURRICULUM

TYING UP LOOSE ENDSFORKING, DEBUGGING, PROFILING,

BENCHMARKING

CORPORATION CUSTOMIZATIONDEPLOYMENTBEST PRACTICESINFRASTRUCTURE

“IT’S A PROGRAMMING IDIOM, NOT A TEST OF CHARACTER”,DAVID BLACK

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Course Outline - Day 2• Lab 5 174• Iterators and Blocks 175• Method Invocation and Method Missing 188• Lab 6 196• Files and Directory 197• Lab 7 211• Class Variables & Methods and Inheritance 212• Modules, Module Methods and Eval 230• Command Line Applications 242• Exceptions, Catch and Throw 257• Lab 8 273• Daemons, System Calls and Forking 274• Debugging, Profiling and Benchmarking 285• Threads and IO 298• Deployment 305• Best Practices 312• Mail 317• HTTP 319• Resources 321

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CURRICULUM

SENDING EMAILHTTP DATA MINING

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COURSE FLOW/INTENSITY

LECTURES MIX OF SLIDES AND IRBEXERCISES DONE BEFORE LABSLABS

LAB TIME USED FOR BREAKSNO SPOON FEEDINGNO FIREHOSEAMPLE COACHING AND SUPPORT

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PUBLICITYWEBSITE - (RUBLOG)

MEMOS

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INFRASTRUCTURE

CUSTOM CORPORATE LIBRARIES AND APPSrequire ‘cypress_init’Cypress::ApplicationCypress::OptionParserproject_config

IP REPOSITORY (DESTOOLS)LIGHTWEIGHT APPLICATION REVIEW BOARD

REVIEW CODEMANAGE IP

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CODE REVIEW

KEEP RUBY CODE LOOKING LIKE RUBYKEEP THINGS SIMPLEENSURE REUSE OF CYPRESS RUBY LIBRARIESENSURE USE OF ‘GLOBAL’ RUBY LIBRARIES

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BEST PRACTICES

BE PATIENT, BE A TEACHER

FACILITATE INTEGRATION, TAKE NO CREDIT

PROMOTE RUBY CODERS, NOT RUBY

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WHAT NEXT?

OPEN SOURCE COURSEWARE?