Free pdf ebooks (for real)

ruby-talk
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Sadly, the previous thread didn't mention any of the genuinely free
ruby ebooks (other than the pickaxe, of course). Here's a couple, for
example:

http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Book-Of-Ruby
http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/

Add any more you know about - I'll collect the list and submit it to
ruby-doc.org

martin

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Mine's free if anyone is interested:

--Jeremy

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On 3/23/07, Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com> wrote:

Sadly, the previous thread didn't mention any of the genuinely free
ruby ebooks (other than the pickaxe, of course). Here's a couple, for
example:

http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Book-Of-Ruby
brpreiss.com

Add any more you know about - I'll collect the list and submit it to
ruby-doc.org

martin

--
http://www.jeremymcanally.com/

My free Ruby e-book:
http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/

My blogs:

http://www.rubyinpractice.com/

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Chapter 2: GUI Toolkits for Ruby

This is a long but good free sample chapter from the _Ruby Developer's Guide_.

The section on "Using the Glade GUI Builder" is nice to see. I think
glade or glade-type tools can have a bit impact by keeping the GUI and
your application as interchangeable parts. It is also multi-platform.

Author: Michael Neumann
ISBN: 1928994644


January 18, 2002
New Price: $29.95 (The free sample chapter is a mini-book on GUI toolkits)

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The only link that works is the one to buy the printed version of your book.

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On 3/23/07, Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally@gmail.com> wrote:

Mine's free if anyone is interested:
http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/

--Jeremy

On 3/23/07, Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sadly, the previous thread didn't mention any of the genuinely free
> ruby ebooks (other than the pickaxe, of course). Here's a couple, for
> example:
>
> http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Book-Of-Ruby
> brpreiss.com
>
> Add any more you know about - I'll collect the list and submit it to
> ruby-doc.org
>
> martin
>

--
http://www.jeremymcanally.com/

My free Ruby e-book:
http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/

My blogs:
http://www.mrneighborly.com/
http://www.rubyinpractice.com/

--
"Hey brother christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."

-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)

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This book is free.

Free Study Notes on Ruby by Satish Talim (116 pgs. Updated 9th Feb. 2007)
http://rubylearning.com/download/downloads.html

Summary wishlist for ruby books:

* practical workflow described for a ruby programming environment
(including debugging tools) ie. what tools to use and how? Please
don't give us the stdin piped example. ^D
* A bit more on glade for cross platform development and independent UI design.