Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, 2nd Ed.Programming Ruby ruby, precious stone, the transparent red variety of corundum, found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones are blood red, the most valued tint being the "pigeon's blood. Dave Thomas, et al. Pragmatic Bookshelf 9650 Strickland Road, Suite 103-255, Raleigh, NC 27615 0974514055 $44.95 1-800-699-7764 www.pragmaticprogrammer.com The collaborative effort of Dave Thomas (who is personally responsible for many of the innovative directions and initiatives associated with Ruby) with the added assistance of Chad Fowler (codirector of Ruby Central, Inc.) and Andy Hunt (a founder of the Pragmatic Programmers and the Pragmatic Bookshelf), Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide is composed of four major sections: a "user friendly" tutorial on employing Ruby; a definitive reference to the programming language; a complete documentation of all build-in classes, modules, and methods; and a complete and definitive description of all 98 standard libraries. This newly expanded and updated second addition also addresses coverage of installation, packaging, and documenting Ruby source code; threading and synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. ; and enhancing Ruby's capabilities using C-Language extensions. Of additional value are the new chapters on XML/RPC, SOAP, distributed Ruby Distributed Ruby or DRb allows Ruby programs to communicate with each other on the same machine or over a network. DRb uses remote method invocation (RMI) to pass commands and data between processes. , templating systems, other web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , and unit testing (testing) unit testing - The type of testing where a developer (usually the one who wrote the code) proves that a code module (the "unit") meets its requirements. . |
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