Ruby Best Practices
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Author: Gregory T.
Brown
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596523008/index.html
Released: June 2009
Pages: 336
ISBN:
978-0-596-52300-8
Free Open-Sourced PDF version: http://rubybestpractices.com/
How do you write truly elegant code with
Ruby? Ruby Best Practices is for
programmers who want to use Ruby as experienced Rubyists do. Written by the
developer of the Ruby project Prawn, this concise book explains how to design
beautiful APIs and domain-specific languages with Ruby, as well as how to work
with functional programming ideas and techniques that can simplify your code
and make you more productive. You'll learn how to write code that's readable,
expressive, and much more.
Ruby Best Practices will help you:
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Understand the secret
powers unlocked by Ruby's code blocks
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Learn how to bend Ruby code
without breaking it, such as mixing in modules on the fly
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Discover the ins and outs
of testing and debugging, and how to design for testability
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Learn to write faster code
by keeping things simple
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Develop strategies for text
processing and file management, including regular expressions
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Understand how and why
things can go wrong
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Reduce cultural barriers by
leveraging Ruby's multilingual capabilities
This
book also offers you comprehensive chapters on driving code through tests,
designing APIs, and project maintenance. Learn how to make the most of this
rich, beautiful language with Ruby Best Practices.
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This is a ÒWhyÓ book, not so much a ÒHowÓ book. It is a
ÓThinkÓ book.