The Well-Grounded Rubyist A Brain Friendly Guide

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition is a beautifully written tutorial that begins with your first Ruby program and takes you all the way to sophisticated topics like reflection, threading, and recursion. Ruby masters David A. Black and Joe Leo distill their years of knowledge for you, concentrating on the language and its uses so you can use Ruby in any way you choose. Updated for Ruby 2.5.

About the Book

In The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition, expert authors David A. Black and Joseph Leo III deliver Ruby mastery in an easy-to-read, casual style. You’ll lock in core principles as you write your first Ruby programs. Then, you’ll progressively build up to topics like reflection, threading, and recursion, cementing your knowledge with high-value exercises to practice your skills along the way.

What’s Inside

• Basic Ruby syntax
• Running Ruby extensions
• FP concepts like currying, side-effect-free code, and recursion
• Ruby 2.5 updates

About the Reader

For readers with beginner-level programming skills, as well as more advanced programmers interested in Ruby and experienced Rubyists looking to review the foundations of their practice.