Book Description
Beginning Ruby is a thoroughly contemporary guide to this powerful
object-oriented language. It's one of the only guides aimed at both the
novice programmer as well as experienced developers who are new to Ruby.
The book starts by explaining the principles behind object-oriented
programming and within a few chapters builds towards creating a genuine
Ruby application. The book then explains key Ruby principles, such as
classes and objects; projects, modules and libraries; and other aspects of
Ruby such as database access.
In addition, Ruby on Rails is covered in some depth and the book's
appendixes provide essential and long-lasting reference information.
object-oriented language. It's one of the only guides aimed at both the
novice programmer as well as experienced developers who are new to Ruby.
The book starts by explaining the principles behind object-oriented
programming and within a few chapters builds towards creating a genuine
Ruby application. The book then explains key Ruby principles, such as
classes and objects; projects, modules and libraries; and other aspects of
Ruby such as database access.
In addition, Ruby on Rails is covered in some depth and the book's
appendixes provide essential and long-lasting reference information.
