Ruby In A Nutshell

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 230 pages
• Published by: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
• Edition: 1st Edition November 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0596002149
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0596002145
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 11.4 ounces

Reader Reviews
I'm just starting to learn the Ruby language, and come into it with a background of having used about 20-25 other languages (to some extent). If you are brand new to Ruby and want to learn it, then the book "Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide" is probably a better place to start than this book. But once you have an understanding of the basic ideas of Ruby, then you're going to want a reference of all the standard Ruby "objects", and what methods are supported by each class of objects. "Ruby in a Nutshell" calls itself "a desktop quick reference", and I think it does a good job of it. It covers a lot of ground, and tries to do it in as few words as necessary. As to the language itself, I'd say that programmers familiar with Java or Objective-C would find Ruby an easy language to pick up, and to use for projects you might otherwise use Perl for. I haven't tried to use Python yet, so I can not compare Ruby to that language. Comment | | (Report this)