"I love it. Conceptually it is really clean and sweet." - Kent Beck, author of Extreme Programming Explained
Developers from around the world are using the Ruby language. Here's what they're saying about Programming Ruby...
"In their first landmark book, The Pragmatic Programmer, Dave and Andy urged us to learn at least one new programming language every year. It may follow the principle of least surprise that the authors would bring us this year's candidate, accompanied with a pragmatic philosophy of how to learn your new OO scripting language of choice."
-Frank Westphal, independent consultant
"Ruby is an exciting new language, worth knowing about and well worth considering for an upcoming project. It's rare to see such a useful book this early in the life of a new language. But of course I would expect no less from the authors of The Pragmatic Programmer. Andy and Dave: Thanks!"
-Ron Jeffries, author of Extreme Programming Installed
"I have used Perl and Python for my work... but Ruby just turns my work into fun!"
-Clemens Hintze, programmer
"Ruby is a remarkably clean, simple, powerful, and practical dynamic OO programming language. Ruby fully deserves this correspondingly best-of-breed book. This book is a 'must have' wizard's workshop for using Ruby to boost your programming power and productivity. This book will greatly amplify the worldwide use of Ruby, stimulate powerful Ruby extensions, and generate demand for second and third editions. I look forward to telling later legions of Ruby users that I was farsighted enough to master Ruby using the classic first edition of Programming Ruby."
-Conrad Schneiker
"A good book by a great pair of programmers about a language with a great future. This should be the first Ruby book anyone buys."
-Hal Fulton
"Dave and Andy are among the western pioneers who understand the value of this precious gem of a language. They cleaned and polished it well, dazzling us all with its depth and transparency. It's almost magical."
-Aleksi Niemelä