Eloquent Ruby
Russ Olsen
Table of contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Praise for Eloquent Ruby
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I. The Basics
Chapter 1. Write Code That Looks Like Ruby
Chapter 2. Choose the Right Control Structure
Chapter 3. Take Advantage of Ruby’s Smart Collections
Chapter 4. Take Advantage of Ruby’s Smart Strings
Chapter 5. Find the Right String with Regular Expressions
Chapter 6. Use Symbols to Stand for Something
Chapter 7. Treat Everything Like an Object—Because Everything Is
Chapter 8. Embrace Dynamic Typing
Chapter 9. Write Specs!
Part II. Classes, Modules, and Blocks
Chapter 10. Construct Your Classes from Short, Focused Methods
Chapter 11. Define Operators Respectfully
Chapter 12. Create Classes That Understand Equality
Chapter 13. Get the Behavior You Need with Singleton and Class Methods
Chapter 14. Use Class Instance Variables
Chapter 15. Use Modules as Name Spaces
Chapter 16. Use Modules as Mixins
Chapter 17. Use Blocks to Iterate
Chapter 18. Execute Around with a Block
Chapter 19. Save Blocks to Execute Later
Part III. Metaprogramming
Chapter 20. Use Hooks to Keep Your Program Informed
Chapter 21. Use method_missing for Flexible Error Handling
Chapter 22. Use method_missing for Delegation
Chapter 23. Use method_missing to Build Flexible APIs
Chapter 24. Update Existing Classes with Monkey Patching
Chapter 25. Create Self-Modifying Classes
Chapter 26. Create Classes That Modify Their Subclasses
Part IV. Pulling It All Together
Chapter 27. Invent Internal DSLs
Chapter 28. Build External DSLs for Flexible Syntax
Chapter 29. Package Your Programs as Gems
Chapter 30. Know Your Ruby Implementation
Chapter 31. Keep an Open Mind to Go with Those Open Classes
Appendix. Going Further
Index
Footnotes
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
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