Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Publisher: Addison-Wesley 2000
ISBN/ASIN: 0201710897
ISBN-13: 9780201710892
Number of pages: 608
Description:
A guide to working with the object-oriented programming language, Ruby, which allows for programming without extra syntax or code. Shows how to easily mine the Ruby language, teaching the basics, plus how to write large programs, how to extend Ruby using C code, and more.
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