Ruby Best Practices: Increase Your Productivity - Write Better Code

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2009
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Now you know the Ruby language: how do you get the most out of it? This book covers everything (almost) you need to be a complete Rubyist. How to design beautiful APIs and domain-specific languages; the ins and outs of testing and debugging; functional programming ideas and techniques that can simplify your code and make you more productive; writing code that's readable and expressive; and much more. There's a lot more to Ruby than just knowing the language. Learn how to take this rich, beautiful language and make the most of it.

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Now you know the Ruby language: how do you get the most out of it? This book covers everything (almost) you need to be a complete Rubyist. How to design beautiful APIs and domain-specific languages; the ins and outs of testing and debugging; functional programming ideas and techniques that can simplify your code and make you more productive; writing code that's readable and expressive; and much more. There's a lot more to Ruby than just knowing the language. Learn how to take this rich, beautiful language and make the most of it.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 26 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 0596523009
ISBN 13: 9780596523008

Author Bio

Gregory T. Brown is a New Haven, CT based Rubyist who spends most of his time on free software projects in Ruby. His main projects are Prawn and Ruport, and he is also the author of the upcoming book Ruby Best Practices. He also is in possession of a small bamboo plant that seems to be invincible, and he is quite proud of this accomplishment.