| |  | Copyright |
| | | Foreword |
| | | About the Author |
| | | Acknowledgments |
| | | Tell Us What You Think! |
| | | Introduction |
| | | | How This Book Works |
| | | | What Is the Ruby Way? |
| | | Chapter 1. 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 |
| | | Chapter 2. Simple Data Tasks |
| | | | Strings |
| | | | Regular Expressions |
| | | | Numbers |
| | | | Times and Dates |
| | | | Summary |
| | | Chapter 3. Manipulating Structured Data |
| | | | Working with Arrays |
| | | | Working with Hashes |
| | | | Working with Stacks and Queues |
| | | | Working with Trees |
| | | | Working with Graphs |
| | | | Summary |
| | | Chapter 4. External Data Manipulation |
| | | | Working with Files and Directories |
| | | | Performing Higher-Level Data Access |
| | | | Connecting to External Databases |
| | | | Summary |
| | | Chapter 5. OOP and Dynamicity in Ruby |
| | | | Everyday OOP Tasks |
| | | | More Advanced Techniques |
| | | | Working in Advanced Programming Disciplines |
| | | | Summary |
| | | Chapter 6. Graphical Interfaces for Ruby |
| | | | Ruby/Tk |
| | | | Ruby/GTK |
| | | | FX/Ruby (FOX) |
| | | | Other GUIs |
| | | | Summary |
| | | Chapter 7. Ruby Threads |
| | | | Creating and Manipulating Threads |
| | | | Synchronizing Threads |
| | | | Summary |
| | | Chapter 8. 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 |
| | | Chapter 9. Network and Web Programming |
| | | | Network Servers |
| | | | Network Clients |
| | | | Ruby and the Web Server |
| | | | Ruby and CGI Programming |
| | | | Distributed Ruby |
| | | | XML Parsing in Ruby |
| | | | Summary |
| | | appendix A. From Perl to Ruby |
| | | | Ruby One-Liners |
| | | | Another Code Example |
| | | | More Examples |
| | | | Modules, Etc. |
| | | | Miscellaneous |
| | | appendix B. 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 I/O |
| | | | 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 |
| | | appendix C. Tools and Utilities |
| | | | Programming Aids |
| | | | RAD Tools and IDEs |
| | | | Ruby Online Documentation |
| | | | Miscellaneous Interactive Tools |
| | | | Documentation Aids |
| | | appendix D. 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 |
| | | appendix E. What's New in Ruby 1.8 |
| | | | Changes in Syntax and General Behavior |
| | | | Changes in Libraries |
| | | | Changes in Modules and Classes |
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