Ruby

by Larry Ullman

A practical handbook for both novice programmers and those new to Ruby furnishes a task-based tutorial on Ruby, explaining how to use the object-oriented programming language as well as its Web-development framework Ruby on Rails, in a variety of applications. Original. (Beginner/Intermediate)

Genres: Reference

417 pages, Paperback

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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