RubyConf 2018 - Graphics and Simulations (and Games), Oh My! by Ryan Davis

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Channel: Confreaks · 2018 · Science & Technology

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RubyConf 2018 - Graphics and Simulations (and Games), Oh My! by Ryan Davis

Quick and easy visualization is an important teaching tool and a wonderful way to see your ideas in action. Unfortunately, it is neither quick nor easy for rubyists to get from idea to visualization. You have to have a ton of extra stuff installed. You need to know game mechanics/math. You need to learn a whole other way of programming. It isn't something that is easy for a beginning programmer to pick up. This talk describes an alternative graphics and simulation library with a very clean API making it incredibly easy for newbs and experimenters to go from idea to visual simulation. Pew pew pew!

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