Joe Leo

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Fourth Edition

In The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Fourth Edition expert Rubyists David A. Black and Joseph Leo III distill their years of knowledge into an easy-to-read, casual style. Everything you learn is useful and instantly applicable to your day-to-day work as a Ruby developer. You’ll explore the underpinnings of Ruby’s object system, learn how Ruby resolves messages into method calls, and discover why Rubyists think differently about problem solving than programmers in other languages.

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition

In The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition expert authors David A. Black and Joseph Leo deliver Ruby mastery in an easy-to-read, casual style. You'll lock in core principles as you write your first Ruby programs. Then, you'll progressively build up to topics like reflection, threading, and recursion, cementing your knowledge with high-value exercises to practice your skills along the way.