Ruby Cookbook [electronic resource]
Carlson, Lucas2006
eBook
Do you want to push Ruby to its limits? The Ruby Cookbook is the most comprehensive problem-solving guide to today's hottest programming language. It gives you hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and thousands of lines of code you can use in your own projects.<p/> From data structures and algorithms, to integration with cutting-edge technologies, the Ruby Cookbook has something for every programmer. Beginners and advanced Rubyists alike will learn how to program with: -- Strings and numbers -- Arrays and hashes -- Classes, modules, and namespaces -- Reflection and metaprogramming -- XML and HTML processing -- Ruby on Rails (including Ajax integration) -- Databases -- Graphics -- Internet services like email, SSH, and BitTorrent -- Web services -- Multitasking -- Graphical and terminal interfaces<p/> If you need to write a web application, this book shows you how to get started with Rails. If you're a system administrator who needs to rename thousands of files, you'll see how to use Ruby for this and other everyday tasks. You'll learn how to read and write Excel spreadsheets, classify text with Bayesian filters, and create PDF files. We've even included a few silly tricks that were too cool to leave out, like how to blink the lights on your keyboard. The Ruby Cookbook is the most useful book yet written about Ruby. When you need to solve a problem, don't reinvent the wheel: look it up in the Cookbook.
Main title:
Ruby Cookbook [electronic resource] / Lucas Carlson
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Carlson, Lucas, AuthorRichardson, Leonard, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : O'Reilly Media, 2006
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Lucas Carlson is a professional Ruby programmer who specializes in Rails web development. He has authored a half dozen libraries and contributed to many others, including Rails and RedCloth. He lives in Portland, Oregon and maintains a website at <a href="http://rufy.com/">http://rufy.com/</a>.
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9780596554576
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English
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547769
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