Ruby

Straight from the trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process: transforming a requirement into working, maintainable code that delights users. Extensively updated with ten new sections and major revisions through...

"Ruby on Rails(TM) Tutorial by Michael Hartl has become a mustread for developers learning how to build Rails apps."Peter Cooper, Editor of Ruby InsideUsed by sites as varied as Disney, GitHub, Shopify, and Airbnb, Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications, but it can be challenging to learn and use. Whe...

Even bad code can function. But if code isn t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn t have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile So...

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 add...

For more than a decade, Ruby developers have turned to The Ruby Way for reliable "howto" guidance on effective Ruby Programming,. Now, Hal Fulton and Andre Arko have thoroughly updated this classic guide to cover new language enhancements and developers' experiences through Ruby 2.1. The new edition illuminates Ruby 2.1 through 400 examples, each ...

BehaviourDriven Development (BDD) gives you the best of Test Driven Development, Domain Driven Design, and Acceptance Test Driven Planning techniques, so you can create better software with selfdocumenting, executable tests that bring users and developers together with a common language. Get the most out of BDD in Ruby with The RSpec Book, writte...

Master Ruby and become a programmer even if you never thought you could! This breakthrough book and CD can help practically anyone get started in Programming,. It's called "The Hard Way," but it's really quite simple. What's "hard" is this: it requires discipline, practice, and persistence. Zed A. Shaw teaches Ruby through a series of brilliantly...

Why spend time on coding problems that others have already solved when you could be making real progress on your Ruby project This updated cookbook provides more than 350 recipes for solving common problems, on topics ranging from basic data structures, classes, and objects, to web development, distributed Programming,, and multithreading.Revised f...

Updated for Ruby 2.2, this handy reference offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby's core elementsfrom operators to blocks to documentation creationand highlights the key features you may work with every day. Need to know the correct syntax for a conditional Forgot the name of that String method This book is organized to help you find the...

Learning Ruby has never been this fast and easy, or fun!Veteran Codemy.com programmer John Elder walks you step by step through the ins and outs of Ruby Programming,. Written for the absolute beginner, you don't need any Programming, experience to dive in and get started with this book. Follow along as John teaches you to set up a development environ...

Ruby's widely admired simplicity has a downside: too many Ruby and Rails applications have been created without concern for their longterm maintenance or evolution. The Web is awash in Ruby code that is now virtually impossible to change or extend. This text helps you solve that problem by using powerful realworld objectoriented design technique...

The "Bible" for Rails Development: Fully Updated for Rails 5 "When I read The Rails Way for the first time, I felt like I truly understood Rails for the first time." Steve Klabnik, Rails contributor and mentor The Rails(TM) 5 Way is the comprehensive, authoritative reference guide for professionals delivering productionquality code using modern ...

Learn Rails the way the Rails core team recommends it, along with the tens of thousands of developers who have used this broad, farreaching tutorial and reference. If you're new to Rails, you'll get stepbystep guidance. If you're an experienced developer, get the comprehensive, insider information you need for the latest version of Ruby on Rails...

If you're an experienced Ruby programmer, Effective Ruby will help you harness Ruby's full power to write more robust, efficient, maintainable, and wellperforming code. Drawing on nearly a decade of Ruby experience, Peter J. Jones brings together 48 Ruby best practices, expert tips, and shortcutsall supported by realistic code examples. Jones of...

Ruby is a powerful Programming, language with a focus on simplicity, but beneath its elegant syntax it performs countless unseen tasks.Ruby Under a Microscope gives you a handson look at Ruby's core, using extensive diagrams and thorough explanations to show you how Ruby is implemented (no C skills required). Author Pat Shaughnessy takes a scientif...

It's easy to write correct Ruby code, but to gain the fluency needed to write great Ruby code, you must go beyond syntax and absorb the "Ruby way" of thinking and problem solving. In Eloquent Ruby, Russ Olsen helps you write Ruby like true Rubyists doso you can leverage its immense, surprising power. Olsen draws on years of experience internalizin...

Write powerful Ruby code that is easy to maintain and change. With metaProgramming,, you can produce elegant, clean, and beautiful programs. Once the domain of expert Rubyists, metaProgramming, is now accessible to programmers of all levels. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the bestselling MetaProgramming, Ruby explains metaprogra...

The WellGrounded Rubyist takes you from interested novice to proficient practitioner. It's a beautifully written tutorial that begins with the basic steps to get your first Ruby program up and running and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, reflection, and threading. Whether the topic is simple or tough, the book's easy...

What will you learn from this bookWhat's all the buzz about this Ruby language Is it right for you Well, ask yourself: are you tired of all those extra declarations, keywords, and compilation steps in your other language Do you want to be a more productive programmer Then you'll love Ruby. With this unique handson learning experience, you'll ...

Does your Rails code suffer from bloat, brittleness, or inaccuracy Cure these problems with the regular application of testdriven development. You'll use Rails 5.1, Minitest 5, and RSpec 3.6, as well as popular testing libraries such as factory_girl and Cucumber. Updates include Rails 5.1 system tests and Webpack integration. Do what the doctor o...

?Ruby on Rails? 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example by Michael Hartl has become a must read for developers learning how to build Rails apps.??Peter Cooper, Editor of Ruby InsideUsing Rails 3, developers can build web applications of exceptional elegance and power. Although its remarkable capabilities have made Ruby on Rails one of the world?s most p...

Praise for Design Patterns in Ruby " Design Patterns in Ruby documents smart ways to resolve many problems that Ruby developers commonly encounter. Russ Olsen has done a great job of selecting classic patterns and augmenting these with newer patterns that have special relevance for Ruby. He clearly explains each idea, making a wealth of experience ...

The Definitive Refactoring Guide, Fully Revamped for Ruby With refactoring, programmers can transform even the most chaotic software into welldesigned systems that are far easier to evolve and maintain. What's more, they can do it one step at a time, through a series of simple, proven steps. Now, there's an authoritative and extensively updated ve...

Would you like to go from first idea to working code much, much faster Do you currently spend more time satisfying the compiler instead of your clients or end users Are you frustrated with demanding languages that seem to get in your way, instead of getting the work done Are you using Rails, and want to dig deeper into the underlying Ruby langua...

SummaryRails 4 in Action is a comprehensive introduction to Rails that guides you handson through all you'll need to become a competent and confident Rails developer. In it, you'll master Rails 4 by developing a tickettracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more.Purchase of th...

The Complete Guide to Avoiding and Fixing Common Rails 3 Code and Design Problems As developers worldwide have adopted the powerful Ruby on Rails web framework, many have fallen victim to common mistakes that reduce code quality, performance, reliability, stability, scalability, and maintainability. "Rails(TM) AntiPatterns"identifies these widespre...

The Ruby Programming, Language is the authoritative guide to Ruby and provides comprehensive coverage of versions 1.8 and 1.9 of the language. It was written (and illustrated!) by an allstar team:David Flanagan, bestselling author of Programming, language "bibles" (including JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and Java in a Nutshell) and committer to t...