IronRuby Unleashed, Rough Cuts

Description

• Copyright 2010
• Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
• Pages: 552
• Edition: 1st

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-7686-8947-3
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7686-8947-1

This is a working draft of a pre-release book. It is available before the published date as part of the Rough Cuts service.

Ruby has built an enormous following of developers attracted by its intuitiveness, flexibility, and simplicity. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s .NET has grown and matured into a platform of unparalleled power. IronRuby brings them together, enabling developers to write elegant, efficient Ruby code that seamlessly integrates with .NET objects and leverages .NET’s full capabilities. Now, in IronRuby Unleashed, one of IronRuby’s most respected early adopters demonstrates how to write outstanding production software with the brand new IronRuby 1.0.

Writing for both Ruby and .NET developers, Shay Friedman covers every facet of IronRuby programming. Friedman begins by explaining how IronRuby leverages the new Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) libraries to run atop the .NET Framework and access its resources. Next, he presents an in-depth IronRuby tutorial that ranges from basic syntax and object-oriented programming techniques through advanced concepts. Building on this foundation, you’ll learn how to make the most of a broad spectrum of .NET platform features.

IronRuby Unleashed thoroughly illuminates the use of IronRuby and .NET with today’s most powerful frameworks and technologies, including WPF, ASP.NET MVC, Ruby on Rails, and Silverlight. You’ll also find detailed coverage of unit testing, as well as cutting-edge techniques for extending IronRuby with C# or VB.NET.

Detailed information on how to...

• Install IronRuby and choose the right development environment for your needs
• Master IronRuby syntax, methods, blocks, classes, modules, libraries, and more
• Write code that takes advantage of IronRuby’s dynamic and metaprogramming features
• Utilize .NET services and frameworks to write more powerful Ruby code than ever before
• Incorporate efficient data access into your IronRuby applications
• Use IronRuby to build Windows software with both WinForms and WPF
• Rapidly build high-quality Web applications with IronRuby and Ruby on Rails
• Create rich Web 2.0 applications with IronRuby and Microsoft Silverlight
• Test .NET code with Ruby’s leading unit testing frameworks
• Run IronRuby code from other .NET code, and create .NET code libraries that fit well with IronRuby code

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction    1

Part I    Introduction to IronRuby

1    Introduction to the Ruby Language    5

History of the Ruby Language    5

Implementations    6

Features    6

Dynamic Language    6

Object Oriented    7

Duck Typing    8

Metaprogramming    9

REPL    10

Available Libraries    11

2    Introduction to the .NET Framework    13

History of the .NET Framework    13

Overview    15

Features    16

Common Language Infrastructure    16

Assemblies    18

Base Class Library    19

Security    19

Memory Management    19

Frameworks    20

3    Introduction to the Dynamic Language Runtime    21

Overview    22

Features    23

Common Hosting Model    23

Runtime Components    23

Language Implementation    24

4    Getting Started with IronRuby    25

Overview    25

Installing IronRuby    26

IronRuby Folders    29

Getting the Sources    29

Executables and Tools    30

The IronRuby Interpreter (ir.exe)    31

File Execution Mode    32

Development Environments    34

Ruby in Steel    34

NetBeans    35

RubyMine    36

Others    37

The Power of IronRuby    38

Part II    The Ruby Language

5    Ruby Basics    43

Basic Syntax    43

Comments    43

Setting Values to Variables    44

Calling Methods    45

Code File Structure    46

Coding Standards    47

Hello World    48

Variables    48

Numbers    48

Text    50

Arrays    54

Hashes    57

Ranges    59

Booleans    60

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