Beginning Ruby From Novice to Professional / by Kenneth Cooper.

Ruby is perhaps best known as the engine powering the hugely popular Ruby on Rails web framework. However, it is an extremely powerful and versatile programming language in its own right. It focuses on simplicity and offers a fully object-oriented environment. Beginning Ruby is a thoroughly contempo...

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Main Author: Cooper, Kenneth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundations and Scaffolding
  • Let’s Get It Started: Installing Ruby
  • Programming == Joy: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Ruby and Object Orientation
  • Ruby’s Building Blocks: Data, Expressions, and Flow Control
  • Developing a Basic Ruby Application
  • The Ruby Ecosystem
  • The Core of Ruby
  • Classes, Objects, and Modules
  • Projects and Libraries
  • Documentation, Error Handling, Debugging, and Testing
  • Files and Databases
  • Deploying Ruby Applications and Libraries
  • Advanced Ruby Features
  • Tying It Together: Developing a Larger Ruby Application
  • Ruby Online
  • Ruby on Rails: Ruby’s Killer App
  • Ruby and the Internet
  • Networking, Sockets, and Daemons
  • Useful Ruby Libraries and Gems.