Head First Ruby

Head First Ruby uses an engaging, active approach to learning that goes beyond dry, abstract explanations and reference manuals. This Head First guide teaches you the Ruby language in a concrete way that gets your neurons zapping and helps you become a Ruby rock star. You’ll enter at Ruby’s language basics and work through progressively advanced Ruby features such as blocks, objects, methods, classes, and regular expressions. As your Ruby skills grow, you’ll tackle deep topics such as exception handling, modules, mixins, and metaprogramming.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 More with Less: Code the Way You Want
Chapter 2 Methods and Classes: Getting Organized
Chapter 3 Inheritance: Relying on Your Parents
Chapter 4 Initializing Instances: Off to a Great Start
Chapter 5 Arrays and Blocks: Better Than Loops
Chapter 6 Block Return Values: How Should I Handle This?
Chapter 7 Hashes: Labeling Data
Chapter 8 References: Crossed Signals
Chapter 9 Mixins: Mix It Up
Chapter 10 Comparable and Enumerable: Ready-Made Mixes
Chapter 11 Documentation: Read the Manual
Chapter 12 Exceptions: Handling the Unexpected
Chapter 13 Unit Testing: Code Quality Assurance
Chapter 14 Web Apps: Serving HTML
Chapter 15 Saving and Loading Data: Keep It Around