Chad Fowler Libri

Offers guidance on English grammar and discusses the meanings, proper use, and pronunciation of a wide range of words.

A tutorial and reference to the object-oriented programming language for beginning to experienced programmers, updated for version 1.9, describes the language's structure, syntax, and operation, and explains how to build applications.

Helps you learn how to build your software development career step by step, following the same path that you follow if you are building, marketing, and selling a product. This book also helps you learn how to assess your skills in terms of where they fit on value chain, driving you away from commodity skills and toward those that are in demand.

Rails is large, powerful, and new. How do you use it effectively? How do you harness the power? And, most important, how do you get high quality, real-world applications written? From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips for your development process, Rails Recipes will show you how the experts have already solved the problems you have. Owning Rails Recipes is like having the best Rails programmers sitting next to you while you code.

Would you like to go from first idea to working code much faster? Do you spend more time satisfying the compiler instead of your clients or end users? Are you frustrated with languages that hinder your progress? If you’re using Rails and want to explore Ruby more deeply, this is the language for you! Ruby is a fully object-oriented language, similar to Smalltalk, but with the conveniences of modern scripting languages like Perl and Python. This combination makes Ruby a favorite among forward-thinking programmers. The book features four major sections: an acclaimed tutorial on Ruby, a definitive reference to the language, complete documentation of all built-in classes, modules, and methods, and thorough descriptions of all 97 standard libraries. It serves as the reference manual for Ruby, detailing all standard library modules and providing a complete reference to built-in classes and modules, including updates from Ruby versions 1.9, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, and 2.0. It covers new syntax and semantics introduced since Ruby 1.8, such as new parameter passing rules, local variable scoping in blocks, fibers, and new block declaration syntax. Dive into Ruby and enhance your programming efficiency!

Ruby是一种跨平台、面向对象的动态类型编程语言。Ruby体现了表达的一致性和简单性,它不仅仅是一门编程语言,更是表达想法的一种简练方式。无数的软件大师亦为其倾倒。Programming Ruby是关于Ruby语言的一本权威著作,也被称为PickAxe Book(镐头书,由封面上的工具得名)。