Ruby Cookbook, 2nd Edition
- Length: 600 pages
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media
- Publication Date: 2015-01-25
- ISBN-10: 1449373712
- ISBN-13: 9781449373719
- Sales Rank: #653198 (See Top 100 Books)
Push Ruby to its limits. Ruby Cookbook is the most comprehensive problem-solving guide to this popular language, with hundreds of solutions to real-world problems. Each detailed recipe provides code that you can use in your own projects right away, as well as a discussion on why the solution works.
Updated to include Ruby 1.9 and 2.0, the second edition includes recipes for the Rails framework and other projects involving Ruby. From data structures and algorithms to integration with cutting-edge technologies, Ruby Cookbook covers a wide range of programming topics for beginners and advanced Rubyists alike.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Ruby 2.1
Chapter 2. Strings
Chapter 3. Numbers
Chapter 4. Date and Time
Chapter 5. Arrays
Chapter 6. Hashes
Chapter 7. Files and Directories
Chapter 8. Code Blocks and Iteration
Chapter 9. Objects and Classes
Chapter 10. Modules and Namespaces
Chapter 11. Reflection and Metaprogramming
Chapter 12. XML and HTML
Chapter 13. Graphics and Other File Formats
Chapter 14. Databases and Persistence
Chapter 15. Internet Services
Chapter 16. Web Development: Ruby on Rails
Chapter 17. Web Development: Sinatra
Chapter 18. Web Services and Distributed Programming
Chapter 19. Testing, Debugging, Optimizing, and Documenting
Chapter 20. Packaging and Distributing Software
Chapter 21. Automating Tasks with Rake
Chapter 22. Multitasking and Multithreading
Chapter 23. User Interface
Chapter 24. Extending Ruby with Other Languages
Chapter 25. System Administration
