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  • Paperback: 664 pages
  • Publisher: APRESS (26 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1590597664
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590597668
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.3 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 256,484 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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.

About the Author
Peter Cooper is a highly experienced Ruby developer and trainer living in
the United Kingdom.
He manages BigBold, a Ruby training and development
company, and has produced many commercial websites using Ruby on Rails, a
Ruby-based web framework. In addition, he created Code Snippets, one of the
world's largest public code repositories, and Congress, an online chat
client utilizing AJAX and Ruby on Rails. Feed Digest, a feed distribution
service he also created, was recently profiled by Business 2.0 magazine.

In addition to development work, Peter has written professionally about
various development techniques and tools, producing over 100 articles. He
was co-editor of WebDeveloper.com and worked on iBoost.com and
Webpedia.com.

He lives in Lincolnshire, England, with his girlfriend. In his spare time
he enjoys hiking, camping and
mountains.


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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book to buy if you want to learn Ruby., 19 Jul 2007
By Mr. P. J. Caudle (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I have programming computers since 1981 when as an eleven year old I borrowed a friends ZX81. I have programmed in all the major languages (C, C++, C#, various BASICs, Java, Pascal, LISP and COBOL plus a little machine code). It doesn't matter how hard or how simple a programming language is, the key to being good at it is the training provided. If the materials you are given are not up to scratch then learning will be hard and tedious. A very obtuse language and a good teacher can make you an expert.

I have been developing a Rails app for a while now but I was being hampered by my lack of Ruby which was down to the books I have read already. But this book is different - it doesn't assume that you have ever programmed before and this a plus because it breaks your conscience connection to other programming languages you may have used and makes your concentrate on Ruby. Add to that the fact that book is so well written and you have a winner on your hands.

I want to add a class to my Rails app that does an MX record lookup to test that the domain part of a persons email address is valid - this book covers things like that and gives you the confidence to search out Gems and other goodies.

Ruby really is a simple language but the syntax can be confusing to old school hackers like my self who are always thinking: this is too easy. And that is the main theme of the book, Ruby is easy and powerful so be careful.

I can not recommend this book highly enough. Read it once and then use it as a reference as every thing you need is in there.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good book by a yellow belly!, 8 Jun 2007
By Eelctric Kettle "EK" (N. Lincs, England) - See all my reviews
An excellent introduction to Ruby, well written, easy to get into as well as engaging. The book has just the right pace and tone. Good stuff, I look forward to reading more by Peter Cooper.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great introduction to Ruby, 17 Jul 2007
By M. Reardon "RubyGoon" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This is the book I wish I had bought before I bought the pick-axe book.

It is a perfect introduction to Ruby for people without a programming background.
It takes nothing for granted and takes the reader through a gentle introduction
of the language and ( just as importantly ) the Ruby philosophy ( the why of Ruby ).

While being gentle to the new student, I find there is still a depth to the book.
As a beginner, I suspect it will take several more readings and lots of coding
before I begin to grasp the power of objects and classes.
But now I don't feel I am not so much in over my head.

I enjoyed Peter Coopers writing style and would recommend this book and the website
to any programming novice.
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