It is crucial to process data from third-party providers in JSON and CSV formats for communication with other systems. This also allows you to represent complex information. This course, Reading and Writing Data With Ruby, will teach you how to read and interpret data in JSON or CSV format using Ruby’s standard library. You'll also learn how to interact with different sources that use these formats, including local files and information returned from web services. You'll first learn how data is structured using JSON and CSV, including which format is preferred. Next, you will learn how to read and write CSV and JSON data to and from local files and how it is represented natively with Ruby's data types. You'll also learn how Ruby can process JSON data by interfacing with a web service. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to read and write data using Ruby. You'll be able to create applications to process files and interact with services that use JSON data representation.