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Ruby Pocket Reference View Larger Image | Michael Fitzgerald
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published July 2007, 176 pages, ISBN 0596514816 | List Price: $9.99
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Although Ruby is an easy language to learn, in the heat of action you may find
that you can't remember the correct syntax for a conditional or the name of
a method. This handy pocket reference offers brief yet clear explanations of
Ruby's core components, from operators to reserved words to data structures
to method syntax, highlighting those key features that you'll likely use every
day when coding Ruby.
Whether you've come to Ruby because of the Rails web development framework --Ruby's
killer app -- or simply because it's a relatively clean, powerful and expressive
language that's useful for a lot of applications, the Ruby Pocket Reference
is organized to help you find what you need quickly. This book not only will
get you up to speed on how Ruby works, it provides you with a handy reference
you can use anywhere, anytime.
In this book, you find essential information on:
- Reserved words, operators, comments, numbers, variables, ranges, and symbols
- Predefined variables andglobal constants
- Conditional statements, method use, classes, and modules (mixins)
- Lists of methods from the Object, String, Array, and Hash classes and the
Kernel module
- sprintf andtime formatting directories
- Interactive Ruby (irb) and the Ruby debugger
- Ruby documentation
You also get information on the RubyGems package utility and Rake, a build
tool similar to make.. If you're using Ruby daily and just want the facts-fast-Ruby
Pocket Reference is your book.
Table of Contents
Running Ruby
Running the Ruby Interpreter
Using a Shebang Line on Unix/Linux
Associating File Types on Windows
Reserved Words
Operators
Comments
Numbers
Variables
Local Variables
Instance Variables
Class Variables
Global Variables
Constants
Parallel Assignment of Variables
Symbols
Predefined Variables
Pseudovariables
Global Constants
Ranges
Methods
Parentheses
Return Values
Method Name Conventions
Default Arguments
Variable Arguments
Aliasing Methods
Blocks
Procs
Conditional Statements
The if Statement
The unless Statement
The while Statement
The until Statement
The case Statement
The for Loop
The Ternary Operator
Executing Code Before or After a Program
Classes
Instance Variables
Accessors
Class Variables
Class Methods
Singletons
Inheritance
Public, Private, or Protected
Modules and Mixins
Files
Creating a New File
Opening an Existing File
ARGV and ARGF
Renaming and Deleting Files
File Inquiries
File Modes and Ownership
The IO Class
Exception Handling
The rescue and ensure Clauses
The raise Method
The catch and throw Methods
Object Class
Object Instance Methods
Kernel Module
String Class
Expression Substitution
General Delimited Strings
Here Documents
Escape Characters
Character Encoding
Regular Expressions
String Methods
Array Class
Creating Arrays
Array Class Methods
Array Instance Methods
Hash Class
Creating Hashes
Hash Class Methods
Hash Instance Methods
Time Formatting Directives
Interactive Ruby (irb)
Ruby Debugger
Ruby Documentation
RDoc Options
RubyGems
Rake
Ruby Resources
Glossary
Index
About the Author
Michael Fitzgerald is principal of Wy'east Communications, an XML consultancy.
He is the author of Learning XSLT and XML Hacks. He is also the author of Building
B2B Applications with XML and XSL Essentials, both published by John Wiley &
Sons. Michael is a regular contributor to XML.com.
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