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MacRuby

rleir — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:51:48 +0000

MacRuby – The Definitive Guide, Matt Aimonetti, – 2011

Service-oriented Ruby

rleir — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:53:34 +0000

Service-oriented Design with Ruby and Rails, Paul Dix, 2011

Ruby programmers will learn how to interface with legacy systems, develop web services, and move into the cloud. 250 pages.

Using JRuby

rleir — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:44:51 +0000

Using JRuby Bringing Ruby to Java, Charles Nutter, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2011

Programmers will learn how to write Ruby on Rails web applications that run on app servers like Tomcat. You will use Java’s JDBC or Hibernate to connect Ruby to databases. You will test your Java program using Ruby’s Cucumber and RSpec frameworks. Create your user interfaces with frameworks like Limelight and Monkeybars. This excellent book is from the Pragmatic Bookshelf folks. 300 pages.

Rails 3 in a Nutshell

rleir — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:52:27 +0000

Rails 3 in a Nutshell, Cody Fauser, O’Reilly, 2010 A concise introduction to Rails, an overview of commands and configurations, and a guide to the parts of Rails you’ll be using every day. Read the book-in-progress online here. Sorry, it’s … Continue reading →

Well-Grounded Rubyist

rleir — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:53:22 +0000

The Well-Grounded Rubyist / David A. Black, Manning, 2009

Here is an excellent tutorial for Ruby. It does not cover Rails. Well written, 500 pages.

Ruby Programming

rleir — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:00:22 +0000

The Ruby Programming Language / David Flanagan and Yukihiro Matsumoto, O’Reilly, 2008

If you want to really understand the Ruby language, this is the book to read. Legendary O’Reilly quality, 400 pages.

Ruby Way

rleir — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:38:19 +0000

The Ruby Way, 2nd ed. / Hal Fulton, Addison-Wesley, 2007

A cookbook of 400 topics, with lots of example code. 800 pages.

Ruby on Rails for Dummies

rleir — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:31:41 +0000

Ruby on Rails for Dummies / by Barry Burd, Wiley, 2007

A chatty, very approachable book. 300 pages.

Internet & World Wide Web : how to program

rleir — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:50:16 +0000

Internet & World Wide Web : how to program / P.J. Deitel, H.M. Deitel, Pearson Prentice Hall 2008 This book is an excellent guide to programming web apps. Flash, Flex, PHP, Ruby, AJAX, DB’s, CSS, DOM, RSS… A colorful cover … Continue reading →

Web application architecture

rleir — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:48:03 +0000

Web application architecture : principles, protocols, and practices / Leon Shklar, Wiley, 2009

Here is a primer on HTTP, TCP, HTML, Struts, XML, Ruby, and Search. Well written, 400 pages.