The Ruby Way - Softcover

Fulton, Hal Edwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672320835 ISBN 13: 9780672320835

Publisher: Sams, 2001

Synopsis

The Ruby Way assumes that the reader is already familiar with the subject matter. Using many code samples it focuses on "how-to use Ruby" for specific applications, either as a stand-alone language, or in conjunction with other languages.

Topics covered include:

• Simple data tasks;
• Manipulating structured data;
• External data manipulation;
• User interfaces;
• Handling threads;
• System programming;
• Network and web programming;
• Tools and utilities.

Note: The appendices offer instruction on migrating from Perl and Python to Ruby, and extending Ruby in C and C++.

About this title

About the Author

Hal Fulton has two degrees in computer science. He has taught at the community college level and also has more than a decade of industry experience as a programmer. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.

From the Back Cover

The Ruby Way assumes that the reader is already familiar with the subject matter. Using many code samples it focuses on "how-to use Ruby" for specific applications, either as a stand-alone language, or in conjunction with other languages.

Topics covered include:

* Simple data tasks;
* Manipulating structured data;
* External data manipulation;
* User interfaces;
* Handling threads;
* System programming;
* Network and web programming;
* Tools and utilities.

Note: The appendices offer instruction on migrating from Perl and Python to Ruby, and extending Ruby in C and C++.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0672320835
• ISBN 13: 9780672320835
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 579