Ruby: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Larry Ullman

This book is for those new to programming or that know other programming languages and would like to know Ruby. The book teaches the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and starts with creating a basic program. Everything is covered such as control structures and variables, taking input, and creating output. Moving from the basic to more advanced topics, a solid understanding of Ruby is taught in logical progression. The book ends with an overview of the Web development framework, Ruby on Rails.

Genres: Reference

408 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Larry Ullman is a writer, Web and software developer, trainer, instructor, speaker, and consultant. He has written 23 books and numerous articles. His books have sold over 350,000 copies world wide in more than 20 languages. As his readers, students, and co-workers can attest, Larry’s strength is in Translating Geek into English: converting the technical and arcane into something comprehensible and useful.

Reviews

[Adam]

Great introduction to the foundation, but leaves you lacking in terms of direction for actual implementation. That may just be a result of the language's flexibility and that you really need another book for your specific implementation.

[Topilno]

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