Reviews for Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (Pragmatic Programmers Series)

The average rating for Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (Pragmatic Programmers Series) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-07 00:00:00 Mitchell Larson If you are an experienced programmer wanting to learn Ruby, this book is for you. A word of warning, though: go take a look at Chapter 27, Metaprogramming. That's the place where the object model of Ruby is explained. Without it, the rest of the book will seem to rely a bit too much on your faith. Unless, of course, you enjoy discovering the truth behind the magic for yourself. I'm sure it is possible and fun, but if you cannot spend the extra time, do take a peek at that chapter. Another warning: the book (or at least it's ebook version) has quite a few typos, especially in Part 4.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-12-21 00:00:00 Gary Schulz This enormous book covers most of what you want to know about Ruby, and everything you never wanted to know. Its overview of the language is decent but seems poorly organized. It jumps back-and-forth between basic and advanced. Beginners would feel lost, while more advanced programmers have to skip around carefully. But if you don't skip around too much, you'll find nuggets that explain things much better than any other Ruby book. It also covers tangential subjects that you won't find in most Ruby books--RDoc, RSpec, Shoulda, IRB, and writing C extensions. The best part of this book is the reference manual at the end. It's more thorough and organized than any other Ruby book I've seen.