Hello Ruby
by Linda Liukas · first published 2015
78% recommend22% neutral
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Charming, award-winning illustrated children's books that introduce programming concepts through a girl named Ruby and hands-on activities; suited to young kids starting from zero who need fun and motivation.
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Meet Ruby--a small girl with a huge imagination. In Ruby's world anything is possible if you put your mind to it. When her dad asks her to find five hidden gems Ruby is determined to solve the puzzle with the help of her new friends, including the Wise Snow Leopard, the Friendly Foxes, and the Messy Robots.
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More children's books: Hello Ruby. Adventures in coding https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1250065003/ (But I might spend mroe time with a Scratch book). Nine Open Arms https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1743315856 My Little Book of Big Freedoms…
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗I didn't know this technique had a name but I've often used it when I've written books and tutorials. Learned about it from Linda Liukas of Hello Ruby [1]. [1] https://helloruby.substack.com/p/no-03-computer-science-in-6...
on “Using semantic waves to improve explanations and learning in computing” ↗Linda Liukas’ “Hello Ruby” books are wonderful for introducing programming concepts. https://www.helloruby.com/
on “Ask HN: How to start teaching my 3rd grader daughter computer programming?” ↗…sleepover'. Thirdly, I really like the way that this is pitched. I feel like so few tutorials give a high level overview of programming rather than diving into specifics of languages. I can only think of "Hello Ruby" as being analogous, although I'm sure others exist. Finally, I love the art style. Not much more to be said than that. I can't really think of anything critical to add.
on “Programming for Cats” ↗…K-12. And now this children's book is announced. It's really an inspirational time for not only diversity, but general exposure of CS to the mainstream. But seriously, what an amazing idea! Good luck with Hello Ruby!
on “Linda Liukas' Programming book for Children has Huge First Day on Kickstarter” ↗…and iterators is a challenge of course. There's quite a lot of approachable and creative content about learning Ruby out there, which makes it helpful for beginners looking to self-study. Books like "Hello Ruby" are great for kids starting from zero, who need more motivation and fun compared to the "For Dummies" or "From Scratch" approaches. That being said, I agree with your feelings about the language as…
on “Hello Ruby – Almost there” ↗…but I'm looking forward to when it is! I had the pleasure of working with Linda (author of this book) a few years back and she is really a wonderful person and I'm very happy for the initial success of Hello Ruby.
on “Hello Ruby – Almost there” ↗Thanks for introducing me to профессор фортран! I'd never heard of him before. Looks fantastic. I agree - the Usborne computer books made a huge impression on me as a youngster. I'm all for Hello Ruby.
on “Linda Liukas' Programming book for Children has Huge First Day on Kickstarter” ↗…rhymes and illustrations look great! Is there a board book edition? Other great STEM and computers books for kids: "A is for Array" "Lift-the-Flap Computers and Coding" "Computational Fairy Tales" "Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding" "Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction To Programming" "Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things" "Rosie Revere, Engineer" "Ada Byron Lovelace…
on “A Hacker Writes a Children's Book” ↗code.org was a great place to start. making anna and elsa dance using ~logo. dance party. also the book Hello Ruby.
on “Teaching our five year old to code by cheating” ↗…children's rhymes in Norwegian, my mother tongue). The most successful attempts at teaching programming to children that I've seen, seem to give the children a lot of practical tasks they can work on (e.g. the Hello Ruby book series). You also have some programming elements in Minecraft that children could pick up, because the concepts are implemented as concrete objects. All of this makes me suspect that the main audience…
on “I wrote a children's book / illustrated guide to Apache Kafka” ↗There is the world of Hello Ruby [0], book(s) and other learning material translated into 20 languages. I think they are for younger kids. There is also some material for teachers. [0]:https://www.helloruby.com/
on “Ask HN: Are there any good “coding for kids” books?” ↗The Hello Ruby books are _amazing_. They won actual design awards: http://www.helloruby.com The girl in the books is just named Ruby, the books really don't have a connection to Ruby the Programming Language.
on “Ask HN: Technology/Creative books and games for my daughter (7 years)” ↗…love with programming. Everything before was just getting to this point. The documentation and community is what has drawn me into Ruby. The language and now very major ecosystem is why I still stay :) Hello Ruby by Linda Luikas is one of the sweetest 'programming books' I've ever seen.
on “Ruby's exceptional creatures” ↗As a backer of Linda Liukas's Kickstarter for her book Hello Ruby, "a children’s book that teaches programming fundamentals through stories and kid-friendly activities," I have been getting updates on her progress. I recently received her 18th. This one details her…
on “Linda Liukas's Process in Writing Hello Ruby” ↗