A guide to Ruby programming covers such topics as datatypes and objects, expressions, classes and modules, control structures, and the Ruby platform.
This guide to Ruby covers version 1.8 and 1.9 of the language. Written for experienced programmers new to Ruby, and for current Ruby programmers who want to challenge their understanding and mastery of the language, the book documents Ruby definitively but without the formality of a language specification. It begins with a quick-start tutorial, then explains the language in detail from the bottom up. Also included is a thorough introduction to the API of the Ruby platform, demonstrating, with heavily commented example code, Ruby's facility for text processing numeric manipulation, collections, input/output, networking, and concurrency. The book is an updated and expanded version of the publisher's Ruby in a Nutshell by Yukihiro Matsumoto. Flanagan is a programmer and author. Matsumoto is the creator, designer, and lead developer of Ruby. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The Ruby Programming Language is the authoritative guide to Ruby and provides comprehensive coverage of versions 1.8 and 1.9 of the language. It was written (and illustrated!) by an all-star team:
- David Flanagan, bestselling author of programming language "bibles" (including JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and Java in a Nutshell) and committer to the Ruby Subversion repository.
- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator, designer and lead developer of Ruby and author of Ruby in a Nutshell, which has been expanded and revised to become this book.
- why the lucky stiff, artist and Ruby programmer extraordinaire.
This book begins with a quick-start tutorial to the language, and then explains the language in detail from the bottom up: from lexical and syntactic structure to datatypes to expressions and statements and on through methods, blocks, lambdas, closures, classes and modules.
The book also includes a long and thorough introduction to the rich API of the Ruby platform, demonstrating -- with heavily-commented example code -- Ruby's facilities for text processing, numeric manipulation, collections, input/output, networking, and concurrency. An entire chapter is devoted to Ruby's metaprogramming capabilities.
The Ruby Programming Language documents the Ruby language definitively but without the formality of a language specification. It is written for experienced programmers who are new to Ruby, and for current Ruby programmers who want to challenge their understanding and increase their mastery of the language.
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