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Beginning Ruby

From Novice to Professional

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Peter Cooper
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  • The first edition of this book has become the standard for beginning Ruby developers

  • The author is well-established in the Ruby community as the founder of RubyInside, the most largest Ruby/Rails blog, as well as Feed Digest, RubyFlow, and Code Snippets

  • Fully updated for Ruby 1.9. We don't expect to see 2.0 for a good while.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Foundations and Scaffolding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Let’s Get It Started: Installing Ruby

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 3-11

    3. Programming == Joy: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Ruby and Object Orientation

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 13-29

    4. Ruby’s Building Blocks: Data, Expressions, and Flow Control

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 31-75

    5. Developing Your First Ruby Application

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 77-98

    6. The Ruby Ecosystem

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 99-111

  3. The Core of Ruby

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Classes, Objects, and Modules

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 115-159

    3. Projects and Libraries

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 161-175

    4. Documentation, Error Handling, Debugging, and Testing

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 177-201

    5. Files and Databases

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 203-246

    6. Deploying Ruby Applications and Libraries

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 247-273

    7. Advanced Ruby Features

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 275-305

    8. Tying It Together: Developing a Larger Ruby Application

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 307-345

  4. Ruby Online

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 347-347
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    2. Web Application Frameworks: Rails, Sinatra, and Ramaze

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 349-411

    3. Ruby and the Internet

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 413-441

    4. Networking, Sockets, and Daemons

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 443-465

    5. GUI-Based Desktop Application Development

      • Peter Cooper
      Pages 467-494
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About this book

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)

About the author

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.

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