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The Ruby Way, Second Edition: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming (2nd Edition)

ISBN: 0672328844
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2000
Pages: 119

Authors: Hal Fulton

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• Ruby Way
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Foreword
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Tell Us What You Think
• Introduction
• How This Book Works
• What Is the Ruby Way?
• Chapter1. Ruby in Review
• Some Words on Object Orientation
• Basic Ruby Syntax and Semantics
• OOP in Ruby
• Dynamic Aspects of Ruby
• Training Your Intuition: Things to Remember
• Chapter2. Simple Data Tasks
• Strings
• Regular Expressions
• Numbers
• Times and Dates
• Summary
• Chapter3. Manipulating Structured Data
• Working with Arrays
• Working with Hashes
• Working with Stacks and Queues
• Working with Trees
• Working with Graphs
• Summary
• Chapter4. External Data Manipulation
• Working with Files and Directories
• Performing Higher-Level Data Access
• Connecting to External Databases
• Summary
• Chapter5. OOP and Dynamicity in Ruby
• Everyday OOP Tasks
• More Advanced Techniques
• Working in Advanced Programming Disciplines
• Summary
• Chapter6. Graphical Interfaces for Ruby
• RubyTk
• RubyGTK
• FXRuby (FOX)
• Other GUIs
• Summary
• Chapter7. Ruby Threads
• Creating and Manipulating Threads
• Synchronizing Threads
• Summary
• Chapter8. Scripting and System Administration
• Running External Programs
• Command-Line Options and Arguments
• The Shell Library
• Accessing Environment Variables
• Scripting in Microsoft Windows
• Working with Files, Directories, and Trees
• Miscellaneous Scripting Tasks
• Summary
• Chapter9. Network and Web Programming
• Network Servers
• Network Clients
• Ruby and the Web Server
• Ruby and CGI Programming
• Distributed Ruby
• XML Parsing in Ruby
• Summary
• appendixA. From Perl to Ruby
• Ruby One-Liners
• Another Code Example
• More Examples
• Modules, Etc.
• Miscellaneous
• appendixB. From Python to Ruby
• A Different World View
• A Different Program Model
• Some Syntax Differences
• Keywords
• Variable Prefixes
• Objects
• Methods
• Methods and Dot Notation
• Method Calls and Parentheses
• Method Naming Conflicts
• Parameters and Default Arguments
• proc s and iterator Blocks
• Statements and Expressions
• Basic IO
• Numbers
• Strings
• True and False Values
• Arrays
• Dictionaries Are Hashes
• Classes
• Modules
• Threading Model
• Exception Handling
• Garbage Collection
• Extensions
• Some More Equivalencies
• Other Notes
• Conclusion
• appendixC. Tools and Utilities
• Programming Aids
• RAD Tools and IDEs
• Ruby Online Documentation
• Miscellaneous Interactive Tools
• Documentation Aids
• appendixD. Resources on the Web (and Elsewhere)
• Web Page for This Book
• Web Resources for Ruby
• Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
• Ruby on IRC
• Other Ruby Books
• Other Recommended Books
• appendixE. What s New in Ruby 1.8
• Changes in Syntax and General Behavior
• Changes in Libraries
• Changes in Modules and Classes