Ruby Way, The
Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming
3rd Edition
Published on 11. February 2015
816 pages
978-0-13-248037-6 (ISBN)
Description
For more than a decade, Ruby developers have turned to The Ruby Way for reliable "how-to" guidance on effective Ruby programming. Now, Hal Fulton and Andre Arko have thoroughly updated this classic guide to cover new language enhancements and developers' experiences through Ruby 2.1.
The new edition illuminates Ruby 2.1 through 400+ examples, each answering the question: "How do I do this in Ruby?" For each example, they present both a task description and realistic technical constraints. Next, they walk step-by-step through presenting one good solution, offering detailed explanations to promote deeper understanding.
Conveniently organized by topic, The Ruby Way, Third Edition makes it easier than ever to find the specific solution you want-and to write better code by reflecting Ruby's unique philosophy and spirit.
Coverage includes
Ruby 2.1 overview: terminology, philosophy, and basic principles
Best practices for strings and regular expressions
Efficiently internationalizing your code
Performing calculations (including trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and time/date calculations)
Working with "Rubyesque" objects such as symbols and ranges
Using arrays, hashes, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, and other data structures
Efficiently storing data with YAML, JSON, and SQLite3
Leveraging object-oriented and dynamic features, from multiple constructors to program inspection
Building GUIs with Shoes 4, Ruby/Tk, Ruby/GTK3, QtRuby, and other toolkits
Improving thread performance by understanding Ruby's synchronization methods and avoiding its pitfalls
Automating system administration with Ruby
Data formats: JSON, XML, RSS, Atom, RMagick, PDF, and more
Testing and debugging with RSpec, Minitest, Cucumber, byebug, and pry
Measuring Ruby program performance
Packaging and distributing code, and managing dependencies with Bundler
Network programming: clients, time servers, POP, SMTP, IMAP, Open-URI
Web applications: HTTP servers, Rails, Sinatra, HTML generation, and more
Writing distributed Ruby software with drb
Choosing modern development tools that maximize your productivity
All source code for this book may be downloaded at www.rubyhacker.com.
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The new edition illuminates Ruby 2.1 through 400+ examples, each answering the question: "How do I do this in Ruby?" For each example, they present both a task description and realistic technical constraints. Next, they walk step-by-step through presenting one good solution, offering detailed explanations to promote deeper understanding.
Conveniently organized by topic, The Ruby Way, Third Edition makes it easier than ever to find the specific solution you want-and to write better code by reflecting Ruby's unique philosophy and spirit.
Coverage includes
Ruby 2.1 overview: terminology, philosophy, and basic principles
Best practices for strings and regular expressions
Efficiently internationalizing your code
Performing calculations (including trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and time/date calculations)
Working with "Rubyesque" objects such as symbols and ranges
Using arrays, hashes, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, and other data structures
Efficiently storing data with YAML, JSON, and SQLite3
Leveraging object-oriented and dynamic features, from multiple constructors to program inspection
Building GUIs with Shoes 4, Ruby/Tk, Ruby/GTK3, QtRuby, and other toolkits
Improving thread performance by understanding Ruby's synchronization methods and avoiding its pitfalls
Automating system administration with Ruby
Data formats: JSON, XML, RSS, Atom, RMagick, PDF, and more
Testing and debugging with RSpec, Minitest, Cucumber, byebug, and pry
Measuring Ruby program performance
Packaging and distributing code, and managing dependencies with Bundler
Network programming: clients, time servers, POP, SMTP, IMAP, Open-URI
Web applications: HTTP servers, Rails, Sinatra, HTML generation, and more
Writing distributed Ruby software with drb
Choosing modern development tools that maximize your productivity
All source code for this book may be downloaded at www.rubyhacker.com.
informit.com/aw
informit.com/ruby
rubyhacker.com/therubyway
therubyway.io
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
File size
34,94 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-13-248037-6 (9780132480376)
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03/2015
3rd Edition
Addison Wesley
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Persons
Hal Fulton first began using Ruby in 1999. In 2001, he started work on The Ruby Way, which was the second Ruby book published in English. Fulton was an attendee at the very first Ruby conference in 2001 and has presented at numerous other Ruby conferences on three continents, including the first European Ruby Conference in 2003. He holds two degrees in computer science from the University of Mississippi and taught computer science for four years. He has worked for more than 25 years with various forms of UNIX and Linux. He is now at Simpli.fi in Fort Worth, Texas, where he works primarily in Ruby.
Andre Arko first encountered Ruby as a student in 2004, and reading the first edition of this book helped him decide to pursue a career as a Ruby programmer. He is team lead of Bundler, the Ruby dependency manager, and has created or contributes to dozens of other open source projects. He works at Cloud City Development as a consultant providing team training and expertise on Ruby and Rails as well as developing web applications.
Andre enjoys sharing hard-won knowledge and experience with other developers, and has spoken at over a dozen Ruby conferences on four continents. He is a regular volunteer at RailsBridge and RailsGirls programming outreach events, and works to increase diversity and inclusiveness in both the Ruby community and technology as a field. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Andre Arko first encountered Ruby as a student in 2004, and reading the first edition of this book helped him decide to pursue a career as a Ruby programmer. He is team lead of Bundler, the Ruby dependency manager, and has created or contributes to dozens of other open source projects. He works at Cloud City Development as a consultant providing team training and expertise on Ruby and Rails as well as developing web applications.
Andre enjoys sharing hard-won knowledge and experience with other developers, and has spoken at over a dozen Ruby conferences on four continents. He is a regular volunteer at RailsBridge and RailsGirls programming outreach events, and works to increase diversity and inclusiveness in both the Ruby community and technology as a field. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Content
1 Ruby in Review
2 Working with Strings
3 Working with Regular Expressions
4 Internationalization in Ruby
5 Performing Numerical Calculations
6 Symbols and Ranges
7 Working with Times and Dates
8 Arrays, Hashes, and Other Enumerables
9 More Advanced Data Structures
10 I/O and Data Storage
11 OOP and Dynamic Features in Ruby
12 Graphical Interfaces for Ruby
13 Threads and Concurrency
14 Scripting and System Administration
15 Ruby and Data Formats
16 Testing and Debugging
17 Packaging and Distributing Code
18 Network Programming
19 Ruby and Web Applications
20 Distributed Ruby
21 Ruby Development Tools
22 The Ruby Community
Index
2 Working with Strings
3 Working with Regular Expressions
4 Internationalization in Ruby
5 Performing Numerical Calculations
6 Symbols and Ranges
7 Working with Times and Dates
8 Arrays, Hashes, and Other Enumerables
9 More Advanced Data Structures
10 I/O and Data Storage
11 OOP and Dynamic Features in Ruby
12 Graphical Interfaces for Ruby
13 Threads and Concurrency
14 Scripting and System Administration
15 Ruby and Data Formats
16 Testing and Debugging
17 Packaging and Distributing Code
18 Network Programming
19 Ruby and Web Applications
20 Distributed Ruby
21 Ruby Development Tools
22 The Ruby Community
Index
