(Ebook) The Well-Grounded Rubyist by David A. Black ISBN 9781617291692, 1617291692

(Ebook) The Well-Grounded Rubyist by David A. Black ISBN 9781617291692, 1617291692

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition addresses both newcomers to Ruby as well as Ruby programmers who want to deepen their understanding of the language. This beautifully written and totally revised second edition includes coverage of features that are new in Ruby 2.1, as well as expanded and updated coverage of aspects of the language that have changed.About the TechnologyThis is a good time for Ruby! Its powerful like Java or C++, and has dynamic features that let your code react gracefully to changes at runtime. And its elegant, so creating applications, development tools, and administrative scripts is easier and more straightforward. With the long-awaited Ruby 2, an active development community, and countless libraries and productivity tools, Ruby has come into its own.About the BookThe Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition is a beautifully written tutorial that begins with your first Ruby program and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, reflection, and threading. The book concentrates on the language, preparing you to use Ruby in any way you choose. This second edition includes coverage of new Ruby features such as keyword arguments, lazy enumerators, and Module#prepend, along with updated information on new and changed core classes and methods.What's Inside• Clear explanations of Ruby concepts• Numerous simple examples• Updated for Ruby 2.1• Prepares you to use Ruby anywhere for any purpose