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false <![CDATA[The Ruby Way, Second Edition: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165444651m/4514.jpg 4514 1 Ruby is an agile object-oriented language, borrowing some of the best features from LISP, Smalltalk, Perl, CLU, and other languages. Its popularity has grown tremendously in the five years since the first edition of this book. The Ruby Way takes a “how-to” approach to Ruby programming with the bulk of the material consisting of more than 400 examples arranged by topic. Each example answers the question “How do I do this in Ruby?” Working along with the author, you are presented with the task description and a discussion of the technical constraints. This is followed by a step-by-step presentation of one good solution. Along the way, the author provides detailed commentary and explanations to aid your understanding. Coverage includes • An overview of Ruby, explaining terminology and basic principles • Operations on low-level data types (numbers, strings, regular expressions, dates) • The new regular expression engine (Oniguruma) • Internationalization (I18N) and message catalogs in Ruby • Operations on hashes, arrays, and other data structures such as stacks, trees, and graphs • Working with general I/O, files, and persistent objects • Database coverage including MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, DBI, and more • Ruby-specific techniques in OOP and dynamic programming • Graphical interfaces in Ruby (Tk, GTK+, Fox, and Qt) • Working with Ruby threads for lightweight multitasking • Everyday scripting and system administration in Ruby • Working with image files, PDFs, YAML, XML, RSS, and Atom • Testing, debugging, profiling, and packaging Ruby code • Low-level network programming and client-server interaction • Web development tools including Rails, Nitro, Wee, IOWA, and more • Working with distributed Ruby, Rinda, and Ring • Ruby development tools such as IDEs, documentation tools, and more The source code for the book can be downloaded from www.rubyhacker.com Hal Fulton has worked for over 15 years with variousforms of Unix, including AIX, Solaris, and Linux. He was first exposed to Ruby in 1999, and in 2001 he began work on the first edition of this book–the second Ruby book published in the English language. He has attendednumerous Ruby conferences and has given presentations at several of those, including the first European Ruby Conference. He has two degrees in computer science from the University of Mississippi and taught computer science for four years before moving to Austin, Texas to work as a contractor for variouscompanies, including IBM Austin. Hal currently works at Broadwing Communications in Austin, Texas, maintaining a large data warehouse and related telecom applications, working daily with C++, Oracle, and, of course, Ruby. 8150 4 11 2006 The Ruby Way, Second Edition: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) total:44|5:11|4:19|3:10|2:3|1:1| 44 168 91 7 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 07:45:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 07:47:02 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 04:38:33 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 04:45:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 14:14:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 14:17:08 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 21:42:13 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:29:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 08:32:04 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 08:33:17 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 03 17:00:01 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 11 09:21:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 09:22:53 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 11:11:31 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 11:12:43 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 11:09:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:09:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 01:40:12 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 01:40:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 20:33:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 20:33:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 21:22:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 21:22:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 18:37:39 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:37:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 05:38:28 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 05:38:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 12:45:48 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:45:48 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 20 17:43:18 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 17:45:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 17:33:02 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:33:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 17:57:49 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:57:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 17:09:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:09:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 14:27:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 14:27:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 31 14:22:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 14:22:42 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4514