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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801072724

Length 434 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Ruby

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Jeremy Evans

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

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

To get the most out of this book

This book assumes intermediate to advanced knowledge of the Ruby programming language. There are sections of the book that are accessible to those with only basic knowledge of Ruby, but most of the book assumes you already understand how Ruby works and tries to teach principles for more productive usage of Ruby.

While most of the ideas and principles discussed in the book, and most of the code examples used in the book, apply to any version of Ruby, some of the examples and principles are specific to Ruby 3.0, the latest release at the time of publication.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code via the GitHub repository (link available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.