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Beginning Ruby
Dear Reader,
Beginning Ruby is the only book you’ll need to take yourself from the point of
not knowing Ruby at all to the point of being proficient in the language. You’ll
be able to develop your own complete applications that can work online,
access databases, process files, and more.
Thanks to the popularity of the Ruby on Rails Web application framework,
Ruby is rapidly becoming one of the major programming languages of the
twenty-first century, and learning Ruby now will give you an enviable advan-
tage over other developers. I’ve written this book in a way that lets you learn
easily how to develop modern software and Internet-driven applications using
Ruby’s terminology, techniques, and culture. You’ll then be able to discover fur-
ther resources and tutorials online for the more advanced topics you’ll want to
learn once you become a Ruby professional.
My own Ruby learning experience is my motivation for writing this book. I
wanted to write a book that wouldn’t assume you’re already an object-orientation
or dynamic programming expert, and that would cover Ruby’s more oblique
areas in a style suitable for beginners and intermediate developers alike. I wrote
Beginning Ruby so that someone with no programming experience, through to
someone who is reasonably proficient in another programming language, can
quickly learn and appreciate the details of Ruby and the culture surrounding it.
Most of the topics necessary to become a professional Ruby developer are
explained in detail, and the chapters are structured in such a way that more
advanced developers can quickly skip sections not relevant to them.
From the start my ambition has been to design a book to educate and
encourage, rather than to deliver dry facts. This book not only shows you how
to program with Ruby, it also teaches you how the Ruby community works, where
the best places are to find help, and how to “walk the walk” and “talk the talk.”
Peter Cooper
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