Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional

ISBN-13: 9781430223634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 656 str.

Peter Cooper

Opis

Based on the bestselling first edition, Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition is the leading guide for every type of reader who wants to learn Ruby from the ground up. The new edition of this book provides the same excellent introduction to Ruby as the first edition plus updates for the newest version of Ruby, including the addition of the Sinatra and Ramaze web application frameworks and a chapter on GUI development so developers can take advantage of these new trends. Beginning Ruby starts by explaining the principles behind object-oriented programming and within a few chapters builds toward creating a full Ruby application. By the end of the book, in addition to in-depth knowledge of Ruby, you'll also have basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as SQL, XML, web frameworks, and networking.

• Introduces readers to the Ruby programming language
• Takes readers from basic programming skills to web development with topics like Ruby-based frameworks and GUI programming
• Covers many ancillary technologies in order to provide a broader picture (e.g., databases, XML, network daemons)

Spis treści

1. Let’s Get It Started: Installing Ruby
2. Programming = Joy: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Ruby and Object Orientation
3. Ruby’s Building Blocks: Data, Expressions, and Flow Control
4. Developing Your First Ruby Application
5. The Ruby Ecosystem
6. Classes, Objects, and Modules
7. Projects and Libraries
8. Documentation, Error Handling, Debugging, and Testing
9. Files and Databases
10. Deploying Ruby Applications and Libraries
11. Advanced Ruby Features
12. Tying It Together: Developing a Larger Ruby Application
13. Web Application Frameworks: Rails, Sinatra, and Ramaze
14. Ruby and the Internet
15. Networking, Sockets, and Daemons
16. GUI-Based Desktop Application Development
17. Useful Ruby Libraries and Gems

O autorze

Peter Cooper is an experienced Ruby developer, trainer, and publisher who runs Ruby Inside, the most popular blog in the Ruby and Rails worlds, with 18,000 subscribers. He also curates RubyFlow, a popular Ruby community link blog. Over the past few years he has developed, launched, and sold two startups (Feed Digest and Code Snippets), both powered by Ruby and Rails.