Ruby for Beginners, From Fundamentals to Building Full-Stack Applications: The Ultimate Guide to Learning Ruby and Creating Interactive, High-Quality Code (Ruby on Rails)
Author:Booker Blunt (Author), Rafael Sanders (Author), Miguel Farmer (Author), Boozman Richard (Author)
ASIN: B0F3PC1S5X
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Independently published
Publication Date 出版日期: 2025-04-03
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 232 pages
ISBN-13: 9798316676750
Book 4 of 5 : Ruby on Rails
Book Description
Ruby for Beginners: From Fundamentals to Building Full-Stack Applications is your ultimate guide to learning Ruby, one of the most beloved and versatile programming languages. Whether you’re just starting out in the world of programming or looking to expand your development skillset, this book will guide you through Ruby’s core concepts and take you all the way to building interactive, full-stack web applications.
Ruby’s simple syntax and powerful features make it the ideal choice for beginners and experienced developers alike. With practical examples and hands-on exercises, this book will help you gain a deep understanding of Ruby and how to build high-quality, dynamic applications from the ground up.
What you’ll learn in Ruby for Beginners:
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Introduction to Ruby: Get acquainted with Ruby, its history, and its core principles. Understand the key features that make Ruby easy to learn, powerful, and fun to use. Discover how Ruby’s dynamic typing, garbage collection, and object-oriented design help you build clean and maintainable code.
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Basic Ruby Syntax and Concepts: Learn Ruby’s basic syntax, including variables, data types, conditionals, loops, and operators. Understand how Ruby handles strings, numbers, arrays, and hashes, and how to use them in your programs.
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Working with Ruby Classes and Objects: Understand Ruby’s object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts. Learn how to create and use classes, define attributes and methods, and understand inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation.
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Building Simple Applications: Start building your first interactive Ruby applications. Learn how to create command-line apps and work with user input, output, and files. Discover how to structure your Ruby code to make it more readable and maintainable.
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Advanced Ruby Features: Dive into advanced features of Ruby, such as blocks, procs, and lambdas. Learn how to use Ruby’s powerful metaprogramming capabilities to write more flexible and dynamic code.
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Web Development with Ruby: Learn how Ruby is used in web development, especially with the Ruby on Rails framework. Get introduced to the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture and see how it enables you to create dynamic web applications with minimal code.
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Building a Full-Stack Application with Ruby on Rails: Learn how to build a full-stack web application using Ruby on Rails. From setting up the environment to building models, controllers, and views, this section takes you step-by-step through creating a complete, interactive web app.
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Working with Databases in Ruby: Understand how to work with databases in Ruby using ActiveRecord. Learn how to design, query, and manipulate databases to store and retrieve data for your applications.
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Testing and Debugging Ruby Code: Learn the importance of writing tests and how to use Ruby’s testing tools to ensure your code is reliable and bug-free. Understand how to perform unit tests and integration tests in Ruby applications.
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Deploying Ruby Applications: Explore how to deploy your Ruby applications to production. Learn the basics of using cloud platforms like Heroku, deploying web applications, and managing your apps in a live environment.
By the end of Ruby for Beginners, you will have a solid understanding of Ruby programming and will be able to create interactive, full-stack applications. Whether you’re building simple command-line tools, dynamic web apps, or API-driven platforms, this book will equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed as a Ruby developer.
