Programming Ruby 4 Book Portal

Learn Ruby from the sixth edition of the book that first introduced Matz’s amazing language to the world, and that has taught hundreds of thousands of developers since. Updated to include all the new Ruby 4 features, this is the book to get to learn Ruby, and to stay up-to-date as Ruby evolves.

Noel Rappin
edited by Katharine Dvorak

Ruby is a language designed for programmer happiness. It enables you to express your business logic clearly and succinctly, going from your first idea to working code quickly and confidently.

Ruby powers the Rails framework, which backs some of the most high-traffic sites on the web. Go deep into Ruby with this book and you’ll unlock Rails’ power to build amazing things.

This book contains a comprehensive Ruby tutorial starting with the basics of Ruby through its logic, its object model, and all the way to its most advanced metaprogramming capabilities. Ruby’s standard library contains dozens of useful classes; The Pickaxe Book guides you to the most valuable features. You’ll discover the most important tools in Ruby’s extensive ecosystem, including testing, project management, web development, documentation, and much more. This updated edition includes all the new and changed syntax and semantics introduced through Ruby 4.0.

Ruby is a fully object-oriented language. The combination of the power of a pure object-oriented language with the convenience of a scripting language makes Ruby a favorite tool of programmers who want to get things done quickly and cleanly. Wherever you are in your Ruby knowledge, Programming Ruby is your complete guide to fully realizing the power of Ruby.

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