[ANN/ADV] My book, "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" (PDF)

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Hi all --

I'm very happy to announce that my book "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" is
now available in PDF. The paper version will follow in a couple of
weeks or so.

TWGR is an expanded, updated, Ruby-only reworking of my 2006 book
"Ruby for Rails". It targets Ruby 1.9.1, and includes a great deal of
new material (enough that it took me almost a year longer than I
thought it would to write :slight_smile: The book is entirely about the Ruby
language, not Rails. Lots of readers of R4R encouraged me to write a
"just-Ruby" book, and here it is!

You can get more information at: http://manning.com/black2. Enjoy!

David

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David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC
Ruby/Rails consulting & training: http://www.rubypal.com
Now available in PDF:
聽聽聽The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2)

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Definitely pick this book up if you need to learn the fundamentals of
Ruby, need a refresher, or plan to teach the fundamentals to others.

It's excellent stuff.

-greg

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On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:11 PM, David A. Black <dblack@rubypal.com> wrote:

Hi all --

I'm very happy to announce that my book "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" is
now available in PDF. The paper version will follow in a couple of
weeks or so.

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I assume that the lady at the cover page is not Lady Ada Lovelace, right ;)?
Looks strangely familiar though.
R.

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Any plans on a Kindle version?

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On Apr 21, 2009, at 5:11 PM, David A. Black wrote:

Hi all --

I'm very happy to announce that my book "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" is
now available in PDF. The paper version will follow in a couple of
weeks or so.

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Charles Johnson
Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education
Vanderbilt University

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Charles Johnson wrote:

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On Apr 21, 2009, at 5:11 PM, David A. Black wrote:

Hi all --

I'm very happy to announce that my book "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" is
now available in PDF. The paper version will follow in a couple of
weeks or so.

Any plans on a Kindle version?

Not yet. Manning is ramping up for Kindle production, I believe, so maybe not too long from now they'll have one for my book (but I'm just speculating).

David

--
David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC
Ruby/Rails consulting & training: http://www.rubypal.com
Now out in PDF: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2\)