What is a computer?

The Universal Machine

The Terminal

In The Beginning Was The Command Line

irb - the Interactive Ruby Browser

Exercise: Calculator

Computer Anatomy: Hardware

Computer Anatomy: Software

Every piece of software on your computer is a PROGRAM.

A Program Is Like A Recipe

Grandma's Cookie Recipe

When you are writing code, you are not baking cookies, you are writing a recipe for how to make cookies.

(recipe from http://www.popcornpottery.com/rec.html)

Languages

Ruby

Matz is nice, and so we are nice.

Ruby is fun

Errors Are Awesome

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deck.rb presentation

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