Practical Ruby Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer (Books for Professionals by Professionals) - Softcover

Cyll, Christopher

 
9781590599112: Practical Ruby Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 159059911X ISBN 13: 9781590599112
Publisher: Apress, 2007

Synopsis

Want to take Ruby to the limit? Looking for new, powerful, and creative ideas that will take Ruby beyond Rails and web programming? If you're comfortable with Ruby, you'll be itching to go further―apply Practical Ruby Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer and become a master of advanced Ruby techniques.

Rubyist Topher Cyll brings several imaginative projects to this book, ranging from making generative music, animations, and turn–based games to implementing simulations, algorithms, and even an implementation of Lisp!

Art, music, theory, and games―this book has it all. Best of all, it's all done with Ruby.

Each chapter, in addition to making you say “Cool―I hadn't thought of that before,” looks at solving tricky development problems, enforces best practices, and encourages creative thinking. You'll be building your own exciting, imaginative ruby projects in no time.

  • Create imaginative and innovative Ruby programming projects
  • Learn how to solve tricky development problems, be guided by best practices, and be inspired to think creatively
  • Don't waste time on the basics―it's assumed you know the fundamentals of Ruby already

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About the Author

Topher Cyll is a software engineer and writer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Williams College and works for a small Boston-area startup. In reverse alphabetical order, he finds programming languages, music, free software, education, bioengineering, and beer terribly exciting. Topher loves Ruby not only for the language itself, but also the light-hearted and intellectually curious community that surrounds it.

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Publisher
Apress
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
159059911X
ISBN 13 
9781590599112
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
328

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