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Polished Ruby Programming

You're reading from   Polished Ruby Programming Build better software with more intuitive, maintainable, scalable, and high-performance Ruby code

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Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801072724
Length 434 pages
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Jeremy Evans is a Ruby committer who focuses on fixing bugs in Ruby, as well as improving the implementation of Ruby. He is the maintainer of many popular Ruby libraries, including the fastest web framework (Roda) and fastest database library (Sequel). His libraries are known not just for their performance, but also for their code quality, understandability, documentation, and how quickly any bugs found are fixed. For his contributions to Ruby and the Ruby community, he has received multiple awards, such as receiving the prestigious RubyPrize in 2020 and being chosen as a Ruby Hero in 2015. He has given presentations at over 20 Ruby conferences. In addition to working on Ruby, he is also a committer for the OpenBSD operating system.
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Preface 1. Section 1: Fundamental Ruby Programming Principles
2. Chapter 1: Getting the Most out of Core Classes FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Designing Useful Custom Classes 4. Chapter 3: Proper Variable Usage 5. Chapter 4: Methods and Their Arguments 6. Chapter 5: Handling Errors 7. Chapter 6: Formatting Code for Easy Reading 8. Section 2: Ruby Library Programming Principles
9. Chapter 7: Designing Your Library 10. Chapter 8: Designing for Extensibility 11. Chapter 9: Metaprogramming and When to Use It 12. Chapter 10: Designing Useful Domain-Specific Languages 13. Chapter 11: Testing to Ensure Your Code Works 14. Chapter 12: Handling Change 15. Chapter 13: Using Common Design Patterns 16. Chapter 14: Optimizing Your Library 17. Section 3: Ruby Web Programming Principles
18. Chapter 15: The Database Is Key 19. Chapter 16: Web Application Design Principles 20. Chapter 17: Robust Web Application Security 21. Assessments 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Section 1: Fundamental Ruby Programming Principles

The objective of this section is for you to understand the fundamental principles and trade-offs involved in Ruby programming, at the level of individual classes and methods.

This section comprises the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, Getting the Most out of Core Classes
  • Chapter 2, Designing Useful Custom Classes
  • Chapter 3, Proper Variable Usage
  • Chapter 4, Methods and Their Arguments
  • Chapter 5, Handling Errors
  • Chapter 6, Formatting Code for Easy Reading
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Jeremy Evans is a Ruby committer who focuses on fixing bugs in Ruby, as well as improving the implementation of Ruby. He is the maintainer of many popular Ruby libraries, including the fastest web framework (Roda) and fastest database library (Sequel). His libraries are known not just for their performance, but also for their code quality, understandability, documentation, and how quickly any bugs found are fixed. For his contributions to Ruby and the Ruby community, he has received multiple awards, such as receiving the prestigious RubyPrize in 2020 and being chosen as a Ruby Hero in 2015. He has given presentations at over 20 Ruby conferences. In addition to working on Ruby, he is also a committer for the OpenBSD operating system.
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