Ruby developer's guide /

Ruby developer's guide /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Feldt, Robert.
Imprint:	Rockland, MA : Syngress Pub., ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 693 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Object-oriented programming (Computer science) Ruby (Computer program language) Object-oriented programming (Computer science) Ruby (Computer program language) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11118131

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Other authors / contributors:	Johnson, Lyle. Neumann, Michael, 1980-
ISBN:	1932266046 9781932266047 9781928994640 1928994644 9780080480763
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	An expert guide to Ruby, a popular new Object-Oriented Programming Language Ruby is quickly becoming a favourite among developers who need a simple, straight forward, portable programming language. Ruby is ideal for quick and easy object-oriented programming such as processing text files or performing system management. Having been compared with other programming languages such as Perl, Python, PCL, Java, Eiffel, and C++; Ruby is popular because of its straight forward syntax and transparent semantics. Using step-by-step examples and real world applications, the Ruby Developer's Guide is designed for programmers and developer's looking to embrace the object-oriented features and functionality of this robust programming language. Readers will learn how to develop, implement, organize and deploy applications using Ruby. Ruby is currently experiencing a rapid rise in popularity in the object-oriented programming community Readers receive up-to-the minute links, white papers, and analysis for two years at solutions@syngress.com Comes with a wallet-sized CD containing a printable HTML version of the book, all of the source code examples and demos of popular Ruby third-party programming tools and applications.
Other form:	Print version: Feldt, Robert. Ruby developer's guide. Rockland, MA : Syngress Pub., ©2002 1928994644

Table of Contents:

Booting Ruby
GUI toolkits for Ruby
Accessing databases with Ruby
XML and Ruby
Web services and distributed Ruby
WWW and networking with Ruby
Miscellaneous libraries and tools
Profiling and performance tuning
Parser generators
Extending and embedding Ruby.