December 17, 2025
Metaprogramming has always been one of Ruby’s most powerful — and most intimidating — features. While the book Metaprogramming Ruby by Paolo Perrotta is widely regarded as a classic, many developers share the same experience: it’s brilliant, but hard to truly internalize by just reading it.
In a talk presented at RubyWorld Conference 2025 , Shinichi Maeshima (kinoppyd) shared a compelling story of how this challenge was addressed in practice — by transforming the book into a living, evolving set of hands-on challenges that scale across teams, companies, and even the global Ruby community.
This presentation is not about metaprogramming techniques themselves, but about how to teach, practice, and retain deep Ruby knowledge effectively.
Dive deeper into this real-world Ruby case study.
Read the complete article:
👉 https://rubystacknews.com/2025/12/17/from-reading-to-mastery-turning-metaprogramming-ruby-into-a-hands-on-learning-platform/
Top comments (0)