Crystal Programming: A project-based introduction to building efficient, safe, and readable web and CLI applications

by George Dietrich, Guilherme Bernal

Overview

Crystal is a programming language with a concise and user-friendly syntax, along with a seamless system and a performant core, reaching C-like speed. This book will help you gain a deep understanding of the fundamental concepts of Crystal and show you how to apply them to create various types of applications.
This book comes packed with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples. You'll learn how to use Crystal’s features to create complex and organized projects relying on OOP and its most common design patterns. As you progress, you'll gain a solid understanding of both the basic and advanced features of Crystal. This will enable you to build any application, including command-line interface (CLI) programs and web applications using IOs, concurrency and C bindings, HTTP servers, and the JSON API.
By the end of this programming book, you’ll be equipped with the skills you need to use Crystal programming for building and understanding any application you come across.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801816311
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	05/27/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	356
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

George Dietrich is a software engineer, open-source aficionado, and Crystal community moderator. He holds a Master of Science degree in internet information systems and a Bachelor of Science degree in information sciences.


Guilherme Bernal is the chief technology officer at Cubos Tecnologia. He holds a bachelor's degree in TI management. Guilherme co-founded a software development company and several tech start-ups, including one that focused on teaching programming skills to a new generation of developers. He is also a two-time world finalist in the coding competition, ACM ICPC.