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-This is an intro level class, introducing new programmers to Ruby and the UNIX programming environment.
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-Students will write Ruby versions of UNIX utilities such as <code>cat</code>,
-<code>echo</code>, <code>wc</code> and <code>grep</code>. This emphasis on
-UNIX is of service on several levels:
- *  Students will need to use these utilities on UNIXalikes when deploying and monitoring applications on most hosting providers.
- *  UNIX notions of interprocess communication are a robust and simple approach to a problem that will vex a programmer for much of their working life -- program composition.
- *  UNIX idioms and tools have informed software engineering culture and philosophy for many decades. Exposure to UNIX gives students acces to a large body of knowledge on how to structure software systems and how systems evolve with time. In short, they'll see how culture matters in computer science.
-This class is not a Ruby web application programming workshop; but students can expect to develop web programming skills as the course develops.