== Description RubyLabs is a collection of modules used for tutorial exercises in the textbook {Explorations in Computing: An Introduction to Computer Science}[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu]. There is one module for each chapter in the text: IntroLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/IntroLab.html]:: A quick introduction to Ruby, with an exercise leading to the definition of a method to convert temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius. SieveLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/SieveLab.html]:: A project on the Sieve of Eratosthenes, an algorithm for generating lists of prime numbers. IterationLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/IterationLab.html]:: Simple iterative algorithms for searching and sorting. RecursionLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/RecursionLab.html]:: More sophisticated algorithms, using a divide and conquer strategy. HashLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/HashLab.html]:: Using a hash table to represent a word list, e.g. for a crossword puzzle dictionary. BitLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/BitLab.html]:: Projects with binary encodings, including methods for simple error correction with parity bits and text compression with Huffman codes. MARSLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/MARSLab.html]:: Using the game of Core War to explore the von Neumann architecture. RandomLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/RandomLab.html]:: Creating lists of random numbers with a pseudo-random number generator. ElizaLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/ElizaLab.html]:: An introduction to issues in natural language processing, using a version of ELIZA written in Ruby. SphereLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/SphereLab.html]:: Introduction to modeling and simulation, culminating in an N-body simulation of the movement of planets in the Solar System. TSPLab[link:classes/RubyLabs/TSPLab.html]:: Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem with a genetic algorithm. The main *RubyLabs* module has some common methods (e.g. min and max) used throughout the book. == Installing == Examples == Documentation A lab manual is available from http://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~conery/eic. == Questions