Ruby Wizardry
By Eric Weinstein
By Eric Weinstein
By Eric Weinstein
By Eric Weinstein
Category: Science & Technology
Category: Science & Technology
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$29.95
Dec 14, 2014 | ISBN 9781593275662
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Dec 14, 2014 | ISBN 9781593276638
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Praise
“Speaking of Ruby, for real, if there’s a kid in your life, get them a copy of Ruby Wizardry. It’s so great.”
—Steve Klabnik, author of Rust for Rubyists, web celebrity
“By the best & most wonderful Eric Weinstein: Ruby Wizardry, a new programming book for kids.”
—Linda Liukas, author of Hello Ruby, Co-founder of Rails Girls
“Really psyched about Ruby Wizardry. Looks like the book I’ve been waiting for (and wanted to write) for years.”
—Jeremy McAnally, author of Mr. Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book
“One of a new breed of titles that seeks to help children and young adults to not only get introduced to programming but actually get good at it…highly recommended.”
—Becky Walton, MLIS, Ingram Collection Development
“I can see this book mentioned years to come as this generation reminisces about how they learned to program.”
—Ruby Learning
“An extremely valuable tool…entertaining and informative.”
—Digital Mayhem Radio
“The fun book is designed to make coding concepts and procedures easy to grasp for children.”
—Gamenguide
Table Of Contents
Foreword by Steve Klabnik
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: What This Book’s About
Chapter 2: The King and His String
Chapter 3: Pipe Dreams
Chapter 4: Staying in the Loop
Chapter 5: Array of Sunshine and Hash on the Range
Chapter 6: The (Chunky) Bacon to Ruby’s Hash
Chapter 7: The Magic of Methods and Blocks
Chapter 8: Everything Is an Object (Almost)
Chapter 9: Inheriting the Magic of Ruby
Chapter 10: A Horse of a Different Color
Chapter 11: Second Time’s the Charm
Chapter 12: Reading, Writing, and Ruby Magic
Chapter 13: Follow the WEBrick Road
Chapter 14: Where to Go Next
Appendix A: Installing Ruby on Mac and Linux
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
Index
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