ISBN: 9788184041804    Publisher: Shroff; First edition Year of publishing: 2014     Language: English

Do you want to push Ruby to its limits? Ruby Cookbook is the most comprehensive problem-solving guide to todays 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. From data structures and algorithms to integration with cutting-edge technologies, 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 Bit Torrent. Multitasking. Graphical and terminal interfaces. If you need a web application, this book shows you how to get started with Rails. If you need 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. Weve even included a few silly tricks, 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.
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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. Leonard Richardson is responsible for creating and maintaining libraries in many languages, including Rubyful Soup.
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