This guide covers the following topic: What is ruby, Getting started,
Simple examples, Strings, Regular expressions, Arrays, Back to the simple
examples, Control structures, Iterators, Object-oriented thinking, Methods,
Classes, Inheritance, Redefinition of methods, Access control, Singleton
methods, Modules, Procedure objects, Variables, Global variables, Instance
variables, Local variables, Class constants, Exception processing: rescue,
Exception processing:ensure, Accessors, Object initialization and Nuts and
bolts.
Ruby
is an easy to learn programming language. This book describes the fundamental
concepts and techniques in greater depth than traditional introductions.