Ruby Pocket Reference : Instant Help for Ruby Programmers

Michael Fitzgerald

ISBN 10: 1491926015 / ISBN 13: 9781491926017

Published by O'reilly Media Sep 2015, 2015

About this Item

Neuware - Updated for Ruby 2.2, this handy reference offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby's core elements from operators to blocks to documentation creation and highlights the key features you may work with every day. Need to know the correct syntax for a conditional Forgot the name of that String method This book is organized to help you find the facts fast.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ruby Pocket Reference : Instant Help for Ruby Programmers
• Publisher: O'reilly Media Sep 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491926015
• ISBN 13: 9781491926017
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 177W x 108H x 15D millimeters 177 millimeters width by 108 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 173 grams

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Synopsis

Updated for Ruby 2.2, this handy reference offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby’s core elements—from operators to blocks to documentation creation—and highlights the key features you may work with every day. Need to know the correct syntax for a conditional? Forgot the name of that String method? This book is organized to help you find the facts fast.

Ruby Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition is ideal for experienced programmers who are new to Ruby. Whether you’ve come to Ruby because of Rails, or you want to take advantage of this clean, powerful, and expressive language for other applications, this reference will help you easily pinpoint the information you need.

You’ll find detailed reference material for:

• Keywords, operators, comments, numbers, and symbols
• Variables, pre-defined global variables, and regular expressions
• Conditional statements, method use, classes, and exception handling
• Methods for the BasicObject, Object, Kernel, String, Array, and Hash classes
• Time formatting directives
• New syntax since Ruby 1.9

About the Author

Michael Fitzgerald is an author, coder, and novelist who has written over 20 books. He is the author of O’Reilly’s Learning Ruby, Learning XSLT, and XML Hacks, and co-author on the XML Pocket Reference.