goals do
  goal "Be able to use the basic building blocks of Ruby code"
  goal "Use IRB to run Ruby code"
  goal "Do simple calculations"
  goal "Use and understand variables"
  goal "Use and understand arrays"
  goal "Use loops and conditional statements"
end
steps do
  step do
    message "Type this in the terminal to start the Interactive Ruby Shell, a program which lets you try out Ruby code:"
    console_without_message "irb"
    message "Yours might look different, but it should look something like this:"
    console_without_message "1.9.3p362 :001 > "
  end
  step do
    console_with_message "Next try some simple math that's built into Ruby. Type these lines into IRB:", "3 + 3\n7 * 6"
  end
  step do
    message "**Variables** are names with values assigned to them."
    console_without_message "my_variable = 5"
    message "This assigns the value `5` to the name `my_variable`."
  end
  step do
    message "You can also do math with variables:"
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
my_variable + 2
my_variable * 3
    RUBY
  end
  step do
    message "Variables can also hold more than one value. This is called an **array**."
    console_without_message 'fruits = ["kiwi", "strawberry", "plum"]'
    message "Here we're using the variable `fruits` to hold a collection of fruit names."
  end
  step do
    console <<-RUBY
fruits = fruits + ["orange"]
fruits = fruits - ["kiwi"]
    RUBY
    message "`+` and `-` are called operators. We can use them with the array of fruits just like we can use them with numbers."
  end
  step do
    message "Everything in Ruby has a **class**. Type this into IRB:"
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
7.class
"kiwi".class
fruits.class
RUBY
    message "These are the three data types introduced so far: **Fixnum** (numbers), **String** (text), and **Array** (lists)."
  end
  step do
    message "Each class has different **methods** that can be used on **instances** of that class."
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
fruits.length
fruits.first
    RUBY
    message "You can see all the methods available for an object:"
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
fruits.methods
    RUBY
    message "And **chain** methods together:"
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
fruits.methods.sort
    RUBY
  end
  step do
    message "Arrays have a method called **each** which iterates through the list running code on each item."
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
fruits.each do |fruit|
  puts fruit
end
    RUBY
    message "This takes the first item from the `fruits` array (`\"strawberry\"`), assigns it to the variable `fruit`, and runs the code between `do` and `end`. Then it does the same thing for each other item in the list. The code above should print a list of the fruits."
  end
  step do
    message "A **conditional** runs code only when a statement evaluates to true."
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
if my_variable > 1
  puts "YAY!"
end
    RUBY
    message "This prints `YAY!` if the value stored in `my_variable` is greater than 1."
    message "Try changing the `>` in the conditional to a `<`."
  end
  step do
    message "You can also make your own methods:"
    console_without_message <<-RUBY
def pluralize(word)
  word + "s"
end
pluralize("kiwi")
    RUBY
    message "Methods take **parameters**, which are the variables they work on. In this case, we made a method called pluralize that takes one parameter, a word."
    message "Methods can also return data. In this case, pluralize returns the word with an 's' added to the end of it. In Ruby, functions return whatever the last line of the function evaluates to."
  end
end
next_step "getting_started"