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AUTHORS

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+Jasim A Basheer <http://github.com/jasim>
+Tejas Dinkar <http://github.com/gja>
+Aakash Dharmadhikari <http://github.com/aakashd>
+Sidu Ponanppa <http://github.com/kaiwren>

README.md

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+# Ruby Primer
+© Copyright 2011 [RubyMonk][], [C42 Engineering][]. All Rights Reserved.
+
+## What is it about?
+
+Ruby Primer is an open collaboration initiative to provide content for RubyMonk.
+With this platform, RubyMonk hopes to serve top-notch, error-free and validated free-to-use content.
+
+## Contributing
+
+By forking this repository, it is possible to access all the content and exercises currently present on RubyMonk.
+Using the sandbox environment Ruby Primer provides, modifications and additions can be seen locally.
+A Github pull request can be made if you feel your contributions should appear on RubyMonk
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Ruby - CRuby 1.8.7/1.9.2 and upward are supported.
+- Git > v1.6.5
+
+### Using the sandbox environment
+
+`bin/ruby_monk.rb` to start the sandbox server and get the unique URL that will serve live content.
+
+### Understanding the DSL
+
+All the content is inside `docs/`.
+The lessons are placed inside `docs/<chapter>` and are in the HAML format with some metadata interspersed. Here is a template:
+
+<code>
+  title - <Title of the chapter>
+  .section :a_short_name_of_the_section, "Title of the section"
+    %p
+      A paragraph. You can use any valid HAML here. Be mindful of the spacing though!
+
+    !enchant
+      short_name :short_name_of_the_exercise
+      exercise!
+      starting_code <<-DATA
+        "sample starting code. uses Ruby's multiline construct"
+      DATA
+      code_wrapper <<-DATA
+        # you can use ERB templating here. the `user_code` is passed as a variable to the templating engine.
+        def method_that_gives_result_of_the_users_input
+          <%= user_code %>
+        end
+      DATA
+      specs <<-DATA
+        it "the user should give the string xyz to pass this spec" do
+          method_that_gives_result_of_the_users_input.should eq('xyz')
+        end
+      DATA
+    !release
+</code>
+
+The `enchant` starts a block of exercise. Use `release` once you are done. Every `enchant` block mandatorily requires the following attributes:
+
+- `exercise!` or `example!`
+An exercise has specs which have to pass for the user to continue.
+An example can be run, but does not affect the user's progress.
+
+- `short_name`
+short_name is used in the URLs for referring to the section.
+
+- `starting_code`
+Sample code that will appear by default in the code-block.
+
+- `code_wrapper`
+Custom method that will digest user code.
+
+- `specs`
+RSpec block that tests the custom `code_wrapper` method.
+
+An exercise needs to have:
+
+- `starting_code`
+
+- `code_wrapper`
+
+- `specs`
+
+An example needs to have:
+
+- `starting_code`
+
+The numbers in the `section` and `enchant` lines are the `id`s of the metadata. If you are creating a new section, don't bother about them. When modifiying existing section/enchant, please do not change the `id`.
+Please take a look at the existing lessons to understand the DSL better.
+
+## Got any questions? Talk to us!
+
+- Twitter: [@rubymonk](http://twitter.com/#!/rubymonk 'RubyMonk')
+- IRC: #rubymonk @ irc.freenode.org
+
+[RubyMonk]: http://rubymonk.com
+[C42 Engineering]: http://c42.in