Cooper Beginning Ruby

From Novice to Professional
2. ed
ISBN: 978-1-4302-2364-1
Verlag: Apress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 630 Seiten

Based on the bestselling first edition, Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition is the leading guide for every type of reader who wants to learn Ruby from the ground up. The new edition of this book provides the same excellent introduction to Ruby as the first edition plus updates for the newest version of Ruby, including the addition of the Sinatra and Ramaze web application frameworks and a chapter on GUI development so developers can take advantage of these new trends. Beginning Ruby starts by explaining the principles behind object-oriented programming and within a few chapters builds toward creating a full Ruby application. By the end of the book, in addition to in-depth knowledge of Ruby, you'll also have basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as SQL, XML, web frameworks, and networking. Introduces readers to the Ruby programming language Takes readers from basic programming skills to web development with topics like Ruby-based frameworks and GUI programming Covers many ancillary technologies in order to provide a broader picture (e.g., databases, XML, network daemons)

Peter Cooper is an experienced Ruby developer, trainer, and publisher who runs Ruby Inside, the most popular blog in the Ruby and Rails worlds, with 18,000 subscribers. He also curates RubyFlow, a popular Ruby community link blog. Over the past few years he has developed, launched, and sold two startups (Feed Digest and Code Snippets), both powered by Ruby and Rails.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover??;1
2;Title??;2
3;Copyright??;3
4;Dedication??;4
5;Contents??;5
6;Foreword;20
7;About the Author;23
8;About the Technical Reviewer;24
9;Acknowledgments;25
10;Introduction;27
11;PART 1 Foundations and Scaffolding??;29
11.1;CHAPTER 1 Let's Get It Started: Installing Ruby;30
11.2;CHAPTER 2 Programming == Joy: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Ruby and Object Orientation;39
11.3;CHAPTER 3 Ruby's Building Blocks: Data, Expressions, and Flow Control;56
11.4;CHAPTER 4 Developing Your First Ruby Application;101
11.5;CHAPTER 5 The Ruby Ecosystem;123
12;PART 2 The Core of Ruby??;136
12.1;CHAPTER 6 Classes, Objects, and Modules;137
12.2;CHAPTER 7 Projects and Libraries;182
12.3;CHAPTER 8 Documentation, Error Handling, Debugging, and Testing;197
12.4;CHAPTER 9 Files and Databases;222
12.5;CHAPTER 10 Deploying Ruby Applications and Libraries;266
12.6;CHAPTER 11 Advanced Ruby Features;293
12.7;CHAPTER 12 Tying It Together: Developing a Larger Ruby Application;324
13;PART 3 Ruby Online??;363
13.1;CHAPTER 13 Web Application Frameworks: Rails, Sinatra, and Ramaze;364
13.2;CHAPTER 14 Ruby and the Internet;427
13.3;CHAPTER 15 Networking, Sockets, and Daemons;456
13.4;CHAPTER 16 GUI-Based Desktop Application Development;479
13.5;CHAPTER 17 Useful Ruby Libraries and Gems;507
14;APPENDIX A Ruby Primer and Review for Developers;559
15;APPENDIX B Ruby Reference;586
16;APPENDIX C Useful Resources;600
17;INDEX;609