Ruby & Rail

Practical Rails Social Networking Sites



Paperback: 421 pages
Publisher: Apress (June 22, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590598415
ISBN-13: 978-1590598412
Practical Rails Social Networking Sites shows you the complete development cycle of a social networking community web site. The project develops first as a simple content management system, after which author Alan Bradburne progressively adds features in order to build a full Web 2.0—enabled community-based social networking site using Ruby on Rails. Read the rest of this entry »

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Learning Ruby



Paperback: 275 pages
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc. (May 14, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596529864
ISBN-13: 978-0596529864
You don’t have to know everything about a car to drive one, and you don’t need to know everything about Ruby to start programming with it. Written for both experienced and new programmers alike, Learning Ruby is a just-get-in-and-drive book — a hands-on tutorial that offers lots of Ruby programs and lets you know how and why they work, just enough to get you rolling down the road.Read the rest of this entry »

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Ruby by Example: Concepts and Code



Paperback: 326 pages
Publisher: No Starch Press (June 8, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593271484
ISBN-13: 978-1593271480
There may be no better way to learn how to program than by dissecting real, representative examples written in your language of choice. Ruby by Example analyzes a series of Ruby scripts, examining how the code works, explaining the concepts it illustrates, and showing how to modify it to suit your needs. Baird’s examples demonstrate key features of the language (such as inheritance, encapsulation, higher-order functions, and recursion), while simultaneously solving difficult problems (such as validating XML, creating a bilingual program, and creating command-line interfaces). Each chapter builds upon the previous, and each key concept is highlighted in the margin to make it easier for you to navigate the book.Read the rest of this entry »

Comment | Posted Oct 23, 02:05 AM | Filed under Ruby & Rail,Programming