[LRUG] Recomended Ruby Books

[Ben Ridgway]

Russ Olsen's Eloquent Ruby is excellent and has a good intro to metaprogramming in ruby at the end. You should be able to find a copy online...

Ben


> On 5 Sep 2014, at 18:18, Artan Sinani <artisinani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My picks:
> 
> - Build Awesome Command Line Applications in Ruby
> - Metaprogramming Ruby (a bit more advanced, but great for understanding Ruby's object model)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> LugoLabs.com
> 
> 
>> On 5 September 2014 17:54, Najaf Ali <ali at happybearsoftware.com> wrote:
>> David A. Black's The Well-Grounded Rubyist
>> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Peter M Souter <p.morsou at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>> 
>>> For a long time I've been using Ruby scripting or building on top of other people's pre- existing applications so I've just followed the pre-existing architecture and structure that someone else had chosen.
>>> 
>>> But recently I've been doing more personal projects in Ruby, and I've realised whilst I've picked up a few good practises on the way, I could probably learn more about the specifics.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone got any good Ruby specific books to recommend? Preferably available electronically?
>>> 
>>> So far I've picked up:
>>> 
>>> Confident Ruby
>>> Exceptional Ruby
>>> Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby
>>> Design Patterns in Ruby.
>>> The Cucumber Book
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
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