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Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days [Paperback]

Mark Slagell (Author)
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Publication Date: Mar 22 2002 | ISBN-10: 0672322528 | ISBN-13: 978-0672322525 | Edition: 1

Ruby is a high-level, fully object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is very powerful and relatively easy to learn, read, and maintain.

Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days provides the best introduction to this language and addresses one of the key constraints it faces: "The paucity of quality English-language documentation is one of the few things holding Ruby back from widespread adoption," according to Dr. Curtis Clifton of Iowa State University¿s Department of Graduate Computer Science.

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Ruby is a high-level, fully object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is very powerful and relatively easy to learn, read, and maintain.

Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days provides the best introduction to this language and addresses one of the key constraints it faces: "The paucity of quality English-language documentation is one of the few things holding Ruby back from widespread adoption," according to Dr. Curtis Clifton of Iowa State University's Department of Graduate Computer Science.

About the Author

Mark Slagell, MS, CS has taught programming languages at the university level where he designed and wrote his own course materials. He edits and maintains one of the first English language Ruby tutorials on the Web and has used Ruby to meet the programming requirements of numerous projects in a mixed Unix/Windows environment.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Useful book marred by bad editing and egregious typos April 30 2003
By David C. Oshel
Format:Paperback
This book is marred by sloppy editing -- the devil is in the details. A casual reading turned up no less than five places where the meaning of illustrative materials or figures thwarted or contradicted the author's intent (and, in some cases, machine logic!) There is one diagram that was slapped onto the pasteboard and scanned to plate in an obvious hurry -- wiping out the top 8 pts of a 10 on 12 pts line of text. Aside from these pitfalls, the book has a chatty, conversational style guaranteed to drive advanced programmers from other disciplines (C, C++, Perl) up the wall. Since only advanced programmers can recognize the many errors, and only newbies will benefit from the chatty style, I can't really give this more than three stars, even though the author is obviously more proficient than SAMS' slapdash editing would indicate.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Introduction for the New Programmer Dec 3 2002
By Roger Sperberg
Format:Paperback
I guess a lot of people come to Ruby with a knowledge of Perl or Java or C++ or some other language, and the other Ruby titles may be better suited for them. My own programming consisted of a smattering of Javascript and Actionscript. Consequently I appreciate this book's careful descriptions and clear and plentiful examples. The book moves fast, has a light tone, and lets the pleasure of Ruby come through. I recommend it, without reservation, as the entryway into Ruby.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, Great Language! Nov 15 2002
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Title says it all. It's a decent book and unlike the other reviewer, I did find quite a few minor errors.

This is a good book if you found yourself scared to death of other programming languages. Ruby really takes away the hardest parts of other programming languages, but in turn requires that you memorize literally hundreds of funtions and methods! Because of this it's almost easier to read Ruby then to program it.

All told, I learned a great language, but the 4 instead of 5 stars comes from the fact that the exercises at the end of the chapters were no brainers. 15 minutes of typing for the hardest ones! Maybe I should of used a more advanced book, but admittedly, I purchased the book because of the exercises.

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