Programming Ruby : the pragmatic programmer's guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Thomas, David, 1956- |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Addison-Wesley, c2001. |
| Description: | xxxii, 564 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4414102 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Roadmap
- Part I. Facets of Ruby
- 2. Ruby.New
- Ruby Is an Object-Oriented Language
- Some Basic Ruby
- Arrays and Hashes
- Control Structures
- Regular Expressions
- Blocks and Iterators
- Reading and 'Riting
- Onward and Upward
- 3. Classes, Objects, and Variables
- Inheritance and Messages
- Objects and Attributes
- Class Variables and Class Methods
- Access Control
- Variables
- 4. Containers, Blocks, and Iterators
- Containers
- Blocks and Iterators
- 5. Standard Types
- Numbers
- Strings
- Ranges
- Regular Expressions
- 6. More About Methods
- Defining a Method
- Calling a Method
- 7. Expressions
- Operator Expressions
- Miscellaneous Expressions
- Assignment
- Conditional Execution
- Case Expressions
- Loops
- Variable Scope and Loops
- 8. Exceptions, Catch, and Throw
- The Exception Class
- Handling Exceptions
- Raising Exceptions
- Catch and Throw
- 9. Modules
- Namespaces
- Mixins
- Iterators and the Enumerable Module
- Including Other Files
- 10. Basic Input and Output
- What Is an IO Object?
- Opening and Closing Files
- Reading and Writing Files
- Talking to Networks
- 11. Threads and Processes
- Multithreading
- Controlling the Thread Scheduler
- Mutual Exclusion
- Running Multiple Processes
- 12. When Trouble Strikes
- Ruby Debugger
- Interactive Ruby
- But It Doesn't Work!
- But It's Too Slow!
- Part II. Ruby in Its Setting
- 13. Ruby and Its World
- Command-Line Arguments
- Program Termination
- Environment Variables
- Where Ruby Finds Its Modules
- Build Environment
- 14. Ruby and the Web
- Writing CGI Scripts
- Embedding Ruby in HTML
- Improving Performance
- 15. Ruby Tk
- Simple Tk Application
- Widgets
- Binding Events
- Canvas
- Scrolling
- Translating from Perl/Tk Documentation
- 16. Ruby and Microsoft Windows
- Ruby Ports
- Running Ruby Under Windows
- Win32API
- Windows Automation
- 17. Extending Ruby
- Ruby Objects in C
- Writing Ruby in C
- Sharing Data Between Ruby and C
- Memory Allocation
- Creating an Extension
- Embedding a Ruby Interpreter
- Bridging Ruby to Other Languages
- Ruby C Language API
- Part III. Ruby Crystallized
- 18. The Ruby Language
- Source Layout
- The Basic Types
- Names
- Variables and Constants
- Predefined Variables
- Expressions
- Boolean Expressions
- if and unless Expressions
- case Expressions
- Loop Constructs
- Method Definition
- Invoking a Method
- Aliasing
- Class Definition
- Module Definitions
- Access Control
- Blocks, Closures, and Proc Objects
- Exceptions
- Catch and Throw
- 19. Classes and Objects
- How Classes and Objects Interact
- Class and Module Definitions
- Top-Level Execution Environment
- Inheritance and Visibility
- Freezing Objects
- 20. Locking Ruby in the Safe
- Safe Levels
- Tainted Objects
- 21. Reflection, ObjectSpace, and Distributed Ruby
- Looking at Objects
- Looking at Classes
- Calling Methods Dynamically
- System Hooks
- Tracing Your Program's Execution
- Marshaling and Distributed Ruby
- Compile Time? Runtime? Anytime!
- Part IV. Ruby Library Reference
- 22. Built-In Classes
- Alphabetical Listing
- Array
- Bignum
- Binding
- Class
- Continuation
- Dir
- Exception
- FalseClass
- File
- File::Stat
- Fixnum
- Float
- Hash
- Integer
- IO
- MatchData
- Method
- Module
- NilClass
- Numeric
- Object
- Proc
- Range
- Regexp
- String
- Struct
- Struct::Tms
- Symbol
- Thread
- ThreadGroup
- Time
- TrueClass
- 23. Built-In Modules
- Alphabetical Listing
- Comparable
- Enumerable
- Errno
- FileTest
- GC
- Kernel
- Marshal
- Math
- ObjectSpace
- Process
- 24. Standard Library
- Complex
- Date
- English
- Find
- File
- GetoptLong
- mkmf
- ParseDate
- profile
- PStore
- Tempfile
- Mutex
- ConditionVariable
- timeout
- WeakRef
- 25. Object-Oriented Design Libraries
- visitor
- delegate
- observer
- singleton
- 26. Network and Web Libraries
- Socket-Level Access
- BasicSocket
- IPSocket
- TCPSocket
- SOCKSSocket
- TCPServer
- UDPSocket
- UNIXSocket
- UNIXServer
- Socket
- Higher-Level Access
- Net::FTP
- Net::HTTP
- Net::HTTPResponse
- Net::POP
- Net::APOP
- Net::POPMail
- Net::SMTP
- Net::Telnet
- CGI Development
- CGI
- CGI::Session
- 27. Microsoft Windows Support
- WIN320LE
- WIN320LE_EVENT
- Win32API
- Part V. Appendices
- A. Embedded Documentation
- Inline Formatting
- Cross References
- Method Names
- Including Other Files
- Using rdtool
- Mandatory Disclaimer
- B. Interactive Ruby Shell
- Command Line
- Initialization File
- Commands
- Restrictions
- rtags, xmp, and the Frame Class
- C. Support
- Web Sites
- Download Sites
- Usenet Newsgroup
- Mailing Lists
- Bug Reporting
- D. Bibliography
- Index
