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The well-grounded Rubyist / David A. Black, Joseph Leo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Shelter Island, NY : Manning, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Third editionDescription: xxvii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781617295218
  • 1617295213
Subject(s):
Contents:
part 1. Ruby foundations: Bootstrapping your Ruby literacy ; Objects, methods, and local variables ; Organizing objects with classes ; Modules and program organization ; The default object (self), scope, and visibility ; Control-flow techniques -- part 2. Built-in classes and modules: Built-in essentials ; Strings, symbols, and other scalar objects ; Collection and container objects ; Collections central : enumerable and enumerator ; Regular expressions and regexp-based string operations ; File and I/O operations -- part 3. Ruby dynamics: object individuation ; Callable and runnable objects ; Callbacks, hooks, and runtime introspection ; Ruby and functional programming.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 005.133 B627 Available 33111009136546
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Description

Ruby is a dynamic language perfect for creating applications, development tools, and administrative scripts.

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition is a perfect tutorial for newcomers to Ruby and a great way for experienced Rubyists to deepen their understanding of the language.

Key features

· Fully updated to cover the latest in Ruby 2.5

· Clear explanations of Ruby concepts and how to apply them

· Simple examples to seal in the learning

· Prepares readers to use Ruby anywhere for any purpose

Audience

This book teaches Ruby from the ground up. The reader should have command of basic programming concepts in another language.


About the technology

Because it's the backbone of the well-loved Ruby on Rails web framework, Ruby has become one of the most popular programming languages in the world.

David A. Black is an internationally-known Ruby developer, author, trainer, speaker, and event organizer, as well as a co-founder of Ruby Central.

Joseph Leo III is a Ruby teacher, mentor, and community advocate. He is the lead organizer of the Gotham Ruby Conference (GoRuCo) and founder of Def Method.

"What's inside: basic Ruby syntax; running Ruby extensions; FP concepts like currying, side-effect-free code, and recursion; Ruby 2.5 update"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes index.

part 1. Ruby foundations: Bootstrapping your Ruby literacy ; Objects, methods, and local variables ; Organizing objects with classes ; Modules and program organization ; The default object (self), scope, and visibility ; Control-flow techniques -- part 2. Built-in classes and modules: Built-in essentials ; Strings, symbols, and other scalar objects ; Collection and container objects ; Collections central : enumerable and enumerator ; Regular expressions and regexp-based string operations ; File and I/O operations -- part 3. Ruby dynamics: object individuation ; Callable and runnable objects ; Callbacks, hooks, and runtime introspection ; Ruby and functional programming.

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