Object-Oriented Ruby: Mastering Operators as Methods

Many developers view operators like plus and multiply as hardcoded language features, but in Ruby, they are actually standard methods. Understanding this core object-oriented concept unlocks a deeper level of control over how your custom objects interact. This text-only course guides you through the elegant mechanics of Ruby's syntax. You will transition from writing basic procedural scripts to designing sophisticated, intuitive classes that leverage operator overloading and syntactic sugar naturally. What you'll learn: 1. Understand the fundamental truth that almost everything in Ruby is an object and operators are method calls. 2. Implement custom operators in your own classes to make your objects intuitively combinable. 3. Practice safe operator overloading while maintaining predictable and readable code. 4. Master syntactic sugar concepts to write cleaner, more idiomatic Ruby. 5. Explore modern Ruby paradigms, including pattern matching and keyword arguments, in the context of method design. You will start with foundational object-oriented definitions and the core mechanics of Ruby's method dispatch. From there, you will progress to practical text-based exercises where you define custom operators for your own business logic classes. This course is designed for beginning to intermediate Ruby developers who want to deepen their understanding of object-oriented design, with no complex prerequisites. Start writing more idiomatic and expressive Ruby code today.