By Michael Fitzgerald
First Edition
July 2007
Pages: 176
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-51481-6 |
ISBN 13: 9780596514815
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
Although Ruby is an easy language to learn, in the heat of action you may find that you can't remember the correct syntax for a conditional or the name of a method. This handy pocket reference offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby's core components, from operators to reserved words to data structures to method syntax, highlighting those key features that you'll likely use every day when coding Ruby.
Full Description
Whether you've come to Ruby because of the Rails web development framework --Ruby's killer app -- or simply because it's a relatively clean, powerful and expressive language that's useful for a lot of applications, the Ruby Pocket Reference is organized to help you find what you need quickly. This book not only will get you up to speed on how Ruby works, it provides you with a handy reference you can use anywhere, anytime.
In this book, you find essential information on:
- Reserved words, operators, comments, numbers, variables, ranges, and symbols
- Predefined variables andglobal constants
- Conditional statements, method use, classes, and modules (mixins)
- Lists of methods from the Object, String, Array, and Hash classes and the Kernel module
- sprintf andtime formatting directories
- Interactive Ruby (irb) and the Ruby debugger
- Ruby documentation
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Book details
First Edition: July 2007
Series:
Pocket References
ISBN: 0-596-51481-6
Pages: 176
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 1 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
Solid Pocket Reference, March 04 2008
Pocket references are a unique kind of book. Unlike mainstream books where a LOT depends on the content, how it is written, quality of examples, etc., if you don't like them there's no sense in buying them; if you do, there is.
There is only so much room on your desk, and since just about every computer book is at least 400 pages long (with most being several hundred), this little guy easily pays for the real estate it takes up.
Media reviews
"It's a little thing, this Ruby Pocket Reference, but it's also a mighty big thing if you are working with the Ruby language. Ruby is an easy language to learn, but when you are down in the trenches and, especially, when you are far from home, its nice having this little reference book close by. It can be very important indeed!...If you own Fitzgerald's book, Learning Ruby, the pocket reference is the perfect companion as a light weight tag-a-long. It also has some things not found in other books - some that Windows users might find handy, such as how to associate the .rb file type with the Ruby interpreter. This can allow you to launch scripts from the command line within Windows. Since it is fully indexed, it is really easy to find what you need quickly. It also has a glossary for less common terms as well as a link to online Ruby resources. Ruby Pocket Reference is a handy guide, is small and lightweight, can fit in a laptop bag, or even your back pocket. While Ruby is a very easy language to learn, this isn't the book to learn it with, but it is the book to keep with you when you are working with Ruby. It is geared both for someone who is new to the language and wants a quick referenced, as well as for the more experienced user who moves in many contexts such as Ruby, HTML, XML Java, JavaScript, etc., and needs to clarify a certain point quickly."
-- T. Michael Testi, Blogcritics Magazine
"This book is a handy reference and guide to the Ruby programming language. Small and lightweight, it would be at home in a laptop bag...An experienced programmer could learn the important basics of Ruby in a quick scan or the first 60 pages. However, I would still recommend reading one of the thorough tutorial books to get an in-depth understanding of some of the more unique Ruby techniques."
-- Scott Schram, Amazon.com
"This small book is an excellent concise quick reference intended for a competent user of Ruby. If that's what you want, I highly recommend this book."
-- George Woolley, Oakland Perl Mongers
"[Consumers] will find the fine 'pocket references' produced by O'Reilly to be compact and affordable."
-- James Cox, The Computer Shelf: Midwest Book Review
"Ruby Pocket Reference is not only a top pick for libraries, but for working Ruby programmers who want a pocket at-a-glance guide."
-- James Cox, The Bookwatch: The Computer Shelf
