Practical Ruby Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer

by Christopher Cyll

Overview

Revitalized by Ruby on Rails, the Ruby language continues to grow in popularity. Books like this are necessary to fill the demand. Here is a classic of its kind; required reading for Ruby programmers who have already mastered the basics and want to learn higher level techniques. Practical Ruby Projects presents nine diverse projects that will teach new and innovative techniques in a learn-by-example fashion. They include a turn-based adventure game and a generative music creator. While there are many other Ruby titles, none of them take this unique project-based approach to teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590599112
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/18/2007
Series:	Books for Professionals by Professionals Series
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Topher Cyll is a software engineer and writer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Williams College and works for a small Boston-area startup. In reverse alphabetical order, he finds programming languages, music, free software, education, bioengineering, and beer terribly exciting. Topher loves Ruby not only for the language itself, but also the light-hearted and intellectually curious community that surrounds it.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Making Music with Ruby
• Animating Ruby
• 4 Pocket Change: Simulating Coin Systems with Ruby
• Turn-Based Strategy in Ruby
• RubyCocoa
• Genetic Algorithms in Ruby
• Implementing Lisp in Ruby
• Parsing in Ruby