Ruby Way

Name: Ruby Way
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ISBN: 9780672320835

ISBN-10: 0672320835

ISBN-13: 9780672320835

Edition: 2002

Authors: Hal Fulton, Guy Hurst

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Ruby is a high-level, object-oriented scripting language developed in the late-1990s in Japan. This handbook enables programmers to incorporate Ruby into their daily routines. It shows how flexible and powerful Ruby can be.

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 12/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Introduction



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



Simple Data Tasks


Strings


Regular Expressions


Numbers


Times and Dates


Summary



Manipulating Structured Data


Working with Arrays


Working with Hashes


Working with Stacks and Queues


Working with Trees


Working with Graphs


Summary



External Data Manipulation


Working with Files and Directories


Performing Higher-Level Data Access


Connecting to External Databases


Summary



OOP and Dynamicity in Ruby


Everyday OOP Tasks


More Advanced Techniques


Working in Advanced Programming Disciplines


Summary



Graphical Interfaces for Ruby


Ruby/Tk


Ruby/GTK


FX/Ruby (FOX)


Other GUIs


Summary



Ruby Threads


Greating and Manipulating Threads


Synchronizing Threads


Summary



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



Network and Web Programming


Network Servers


Network Clients


Ruby and the Web Server


Ruby and CGI Programming


Distributed Ruby


XML Parsing in Ruby


Summary



From Perl to Ruby



From Python to Ruby



Tools and Utilities



Resources on the Web (and Elsewhere)



What's New in Ruby 1.8


Index