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Author: Dave Thomas
ISBN : 1937785491
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Ruby is the fastest growing and most exciting dynamic language out there. If you need to get working programs delivered fast, you should add Ruby to your toolbox.
This book is the only complete reference for both Ruby 1.9 and Ruby 2.0, the very latest version of Ruby.
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the Ruby language. We're proud that throughout its history, we've continued to cover the latest version of Ruby.
Would you like to go from first idea to working code much, much faster? Do you currently spend more time satisfying the compiler instead of your clients or end users? Are you frustrated with demanding languages that seem to get in your way, instead of getting the work done? Are you using Rails, and want to dig deeper into the underlying Ruby language? If so, then we've got a language and book for you!
Ruby is a fully object-oriented language, much like the classic object-oriented language, Smalltalk. Like Smalltalk, it is dynamically typed (as opposed to Java or C++), but unlike Smalltalk, Ruby features the same conveniences found in modern scripting languages such as Perl and Python.
The combination of the power of a pure object-oriented language with the convenience of a scripting language makes Ruby a favorite tool of intelligent, forward-thinking programmers.
The Pickaxe contains four major sections:
An acclaimed tutorial on using Ruby. The definitive reference to the language. Complete documentation of all built-in classes, modules, and methods. Complete descriptions of all 97 standard libraries.
This is the reference manual for Ruby, including a description of all the standard library modules, a complete reference to all built-in classes and modules (including all the new and changed methods introduced by Ruby 1.9, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, and 2.0). It also includes all the new and changed syntax and semantics introduced since Ruby 1.8. Learn about the new parameter passing rules, local variable scoping in blocks, fibers, and the new block declaration syntax, among other exciting new features.
About Ruby 2.0
Ruby 2.0 is a minor update to Ruby 1.9, unlike the more major updates from Ruby 1.8 to Ruby 1.9.
The major language changes in Ruby 2.0 are the addition of keyword arguments and the change to use UTF-8 as the default source file encoding.
There are a number of additions to the standard library, including:
@Enumerator::Lazy@, which adds support for lazy access to potentially infinite lists. Refinements allow you to encapsulate changes to third-party classes, and scope their application to individual source files, preventing your changes from polluting the global application.
You'll also find that Ruby 2 is faster, and has memory management improvements that make it more server-friendly.
All told, there are over 110 sections of the book that have been flagged and cross-linked to indicate 2.0 content.
What You Need
This book assumes you have a basic understanding of object-oriented programming.
In general, Ruby programmers tend to favor the the command line for running their code, and they tend to use text editors rather than IDEs.
* Ruby runs on Windows, Linux, and Macs.
Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation Free Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (The Facets of Ruby) [Paperback]
- Series: The Facets of Ruby
- Paperback: 888 pages
- Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf; Fourth Edition edition (July 4, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1937785491
- ISBN-13: 978-1937785499
- Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 7.5 x 9 inches
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Free Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide
I've only gotten through the first 3 chapters of the book and find that the author doesn't hold my attention much. He seems more to be trying to impress me with his knowledge of the English language and of Ruby than in teaching me the basics and building on it from there. I'm not a programmer by trade, but I've programmed in C/C++, Perl, VB before. The authors style is not the way I would rather have it taught. When you teach someone something, don't use big words when a simpler one is available. There is no reason to fight to understand the language before getting to the actual knowledge being imparted below it. It's like deciphering a riddle before you can get to the meat of the sentence.
I had a much easier time reading a higher level programming book called "Eloquent Ruby" as he described why Ruby coders do things the way they do it and he said it wasn't for beginners. There were a lot of "Aha" moments when I read that. With "Programming Ruby 1.0 & 2.0", I'm like "WTF are you trying to say?" I was hoping for a beginner book to make sure I rounded out the basics of the language by getting this book. Fail!
Ruby is different and has a clearly unique style for programming. However, without hitting the basics of the reasons to use a 'puts' statement over a 'p' statement over a 'printf' statement leaves the reader confused. I have given him 3 stars because I'm hopeful that this book has the information I'm looking for. The end has a lot of the built in methods Ruby uses, which will definitely be a plus. I just hope the examples are more clear in the future chapters and that I get something useful out of it rather than having a list of all of the built in methods.