• Title The Book of Ruby: A Hands-On Guide for the Adventurous
• Author(s) Huw Collingbourne
• Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (July 13, 2011)
• Paperback: 404 pages
• eBook: PDF (425 pages)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593272944
• ISBN-13: 978-1593272944
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Book Description

Ruby is famous for being easy to learn, but most users only scratch the surface of what it can do. While other books focus on Ruby's trendier features, The Book of Ruby reveals the secret inner workings of one of the world's most popular programming languages, teaching you to write clear, maintainable code.

This book is a tutorial to the Ruby language. It contains 425 pages in 20 chapters. It is provided in the form of a PDF document in which each chapter is accompanied by ready-to-run source code for all the examples. There is also an Introduction which explains how to use the source code in Ruby In Steel or any other editor/IDE of your choice plus appendices and an index.

You'll start with the basics types, data structures, and control flows - and progress to advanced features like blocks, mixins, metaclasses, and beyond. Rather than bog you down with a lot of theory, The Book of Ruby takes a hands-on approach and focuses on making you productive from day one.

• Huw Collingbourne is the Director of Technology for SapphireSteel Software, developer of the Ruby In Steel IDE. With 30 years of programming experience, he has written programming columns for numerous magazines, presented features on computing for BBC Television, and currently edits the online technical journal Bitwise Magazine. He has previously released two free ebooks on Ruby - The Little Book of Ruby and The Book of Ruby.

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