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Boolean states, Boolean objects, and nil 7. Modules and program organization 4. I started learning Ruby about a year ago, having no previous programming experience. What I really like about this approach is that it exposes the reader to concepts needed for some quite advanced Ruby coding right away, and in a very light-hearted and natural manner. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Shortening the ticket code via string interpolation. Relatives of each

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Manning | The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition

Be the first to ask a question about The Well-Grounded Rubyist. Creating a new array. Whether the topic is simple or tough, the book's easy-to-follow examples and explanations will give you immediate confidence as you build your Ruby programming skills. Most of the time author knows that example given does not make sense but does it anyway. Bootstrapping your Ruby literacy 1. Getting information from the File class and the FileTest module. I received a free copy of the second edition courtesy of Manning Publications.

For day-to-day practitioners who want well-griunded deeper insight into how to make the most of the l Disclaimer: The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition is a beautifully written tutorial that begins with your first Ruby program and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, reflection, and threading.

As with any programming book, this text is not made to be just read passively - you must code along with the examples to gain a true fhe. I keep it nearby when writing Ruby code.

Part 1 Ruby foundations

Exclusive-or operations on strings with enumerators. Deploying method-access rules 5.

Don't refresh or navigate away from the page. I do struggle a bit using the book as a reference, it isn't a nutshell type of book. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

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The Well-Grounded Rubyist

Combining arrays with other arrays. Even still, I A very comprehensive book on Ruby, one that makes a good on embracing the masses, from novice like me to veteran programmers. I would definitely recommend the pickaxe book, a canonical text if there ever was one, over this title.

It proved to be as good as the original edition, with the book's basic structure retained and some topics revised and refined. May 24, Scott Parker rated it it was amazing. This book is exactly what I was looking for.

Shortening the ticket code via string interpolation. It covers Ruby 1. The eval family of methods Creating enumerators with a code block. Killing, stopping, and starting threads. Enumerator method chaining Syntactic sugar for assignment-like methods. Only read the first part of the rubbyist about pages at safaribooks and can not finish next parts.

Variables, objects, and references. Mar 16, Todd O'Bryan rated it really liked it Shelves: A very comprehensive book on Ruby, one that makes a good on embracing the masses, from novice like me to veteran programmers.