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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.117
EAN: 9781590597668
ISBN: 1590597664
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 664
Publication Date: March 26, 2007
Publisher: Apress
Release Date: May 04, 2009
Studio: Apress
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Ruby is perhaps best known as the engine powering the hugely popular Ruby on Rails web framework. However, it is an extremely powerful and versatile programming language in its own right. It focuses on simplicity and offers a fully object-oriented environment.
Beginning Ruby is a thoroughly contemporary guide for every type of reader wanting to learn Ruby, from novice programmers to web developers to Ruby newcomers. It starts by explaining the principles behind object-oriented programming and within a few chapters builds toward creating a genuine Ruby application.
The book then explains key Ruby principles, such as classes and objects; projects, modules, and libraries; and other aspects of Ruby such as database access. In addition, Ruby on Rails is covered in depth, and the books appendixes provide essential reference information as well as a primer for experienced programmers.
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This is exactly what I was looking for in a book on Ruby. If you are new to Ruby, I recommend reading this book before getting into Rails.
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One of the best Ruby book for beginners who come from Java or just beginner.
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Ruby is my first programming language (I'm coming from a designer/html/css world); and this is the first book I've come across that is talking to me. I've made leaps and bounds with it.
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I really enjoy Peter Cooper's approach to both programming and the Ruby language. The concept are well defined, and the sample code lessons really put it all together in the end. I loved this book so much, I bought it in Paper and for my Kindle.
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I am not in the habit of reviewing books that I have not finished reading, but like the clinical trial that is stopped because it is obvious that patients taking placebos are at risk, this book can be reviewed even though I have only read about half of it.
If you are a beginning programmer, you want to write in Ruby (a superb programming language for the beginner), and you don't have this book, then you are missing out. Peter Cooper writes well, takes every topic from the beginning, and explains very clearly, with examples.
The range of topics is breath-taking. The usual beginners stuff, such as numbers, expressions, strings, text processing, arrays, hashes, flow control, dates, times, ranges, classes, instances, and large numbers, is all there. But the good news is, Peter Cooper doesn't stop there. He takes you on to using libraries, debugging techniques, testing, benchmarking, profiling, connecting to and programming databases, bindings, security, threaded ... Read More
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