Research Catalog

Title

Beginning Ruby : from novice to professional / Peter Cooper.

Author

Cooper, Peter

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. : Apress, c2007.

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Details

Description

xxx, 631 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

A guide to Ruby programming covers such topics as numbers and expressions, source code files, documentation, code execution, Rails applications, FTP, and networking.

Series Statement

Expert's voice in open source

Uniform Title

Expert's voice in open source

Subject

Ruby (Computer program language)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references to web sites, blogs, forums and newsgroups, mailing lists, real-time chat rooms, tutorials and guides.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Foundations and scaffolding -- Ch. 1. Let's get it started : installing Ruby -- Ch. 2. Programming == joy : a whistle-stop tour of Ruby and object orientation -- Ch. 3. Ruby's building blocks : data, expressions, and flow control -- Ch. 4. Developing a basic Ruby application -- Ch. 5. The Ruby ecosystem -- Pt. 2. The core of Ruby -- Ch. 6. Classes, objects, and modules -- Ch. 7. Projects and libraries -- Ch. 8. Documentation, error handling, debugging, and testing -- Ch. 9. Files and databases -- Ch. 10. Deploying Ruby applications and libraries -- Ch. 11. Advanced Ruby features -- Ch. 12. Tying it together : developing a larger Ruby application -- Pt. 3. Ruby online -- Ch. 13. Ruby on rails : Ruby's killer app -- Ch. 14. Ruby and the Internet -- Ch. 15. Networking, sockets, and daemons -- Ch. 16. Useful Ruby libraries and gems.

ISBN

• 1590597664 (pbk.)
• 9781590597668 (pbk.)

OCLC

122347175

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library