The Ruby Way

Download or read book The Ruby Way written by Hal Fulton and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ruby Wayassumes 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++.