HW 1 – Install VS Code on you system

Moodle Link

VS code is a development IDE. You have 3 options:

Web IDE: vscode.dev

Local Macbook IDE: link

Local Windows IDE: link

Install Ruby LSP

Install code runner: control-command x. Code runner, install

Enable running code in terminal:

  • Open “Code->Preferences->Settings.
  • Type “code runner” in search bar at top
  • Scroll down to “Code-runner: Run In Terminal”
  • Enable

Create a new file “area.rb”. Put in:

=begin 
Ruby program to find Area of Rectangle.
=end

# input length and breadth, and 
# convert them to float value
puts "Enter length:"
l=gets.chomp.to_f
puts "Enter width:"
w=gets.chomp.to_f

# calculating area 
area=l*w

# printing the result
puts "Area of Rectangle is #{area}"

Right click on code and select “Run Code”

Select “TERMINAL” tab, and click in terminal and enter data into program.

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