Ruby Full Stack Development: RegEx and I/O with Ruby from Skillsoft

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Most applications will need to use input/output operations to either files or databases. Explore how Ruby can access and manipulate files on a disk, access data from databases, and how to use RegEx to manipulate data.

Learning Objectives

Ruby Full Stack Development: RegEx and I/O with Ruby

define and describe regular expressions and how they can be used
use regular expressions to evaluate if a value is valid in Ruby
manipulate and modify strings using regular expressions in Ruby
open, access, and close files and check if a file exists in Ruby
read and write string, byte, and character data to a file in Ruby
manipulate physical files on a drive by renaming, deleting, and copying files in Ruby
create, rename, move, and delete directories from within Ruby
install the MySQL2 Ruby Gem database connector
use the MySQL2 Client class to create a connection object to a MySQL database
create, read, update, and delete data from a database
use sorting, grouping, and aggregation when reading data from a database
use prepared statements to safely pass data to the database
use file and database input and output operations to manipulate files and data stored in databases