Eloquent Ruby

Très bon livre. La structure est très claire, la lecture rapide et on a toujours envie d'aller plus loin dans le livre. Tous les chapitres ont leur importance et vous font passer des bases du ruby aux recoins les plus complexes, et fonctions les plus avancées sans jamais vous perdre en route. C'est un livre à avoir à portée de main lorsqu'on développe en ruby. PS: il faut au moins avoir fait quelques expériences (tutoriel codage) en ruby avant de le lire.

I never had this feeling during reading a technical book but for this one I was enjoying every word of it and I was hoping it never end! One of the best chapters in my opinion is chapter 13 (Singletons). The way that this book explains it step by step is just amazing. After reading it, you will gain such a deep understanding about Ruby which you wouldn't if you had the whole RubyDoc by heart.

Si ya sabes algo de Ruby, sin duda este es el libro perfecto para aprender a escribirlo correctamente. Uno de los.. libros fundamentales de este lenguaje junto con el "pickaxe"

After programming for years in static typed languages, I needed to learn Ruby for use at my professional work place. I started with "Learning Ruby The Hard Way" per recommendation from a fellow co-worker - it served as decent introduction. Then I switched to Eloquent Ruby even though I was recommended a different book since the reviews for this book were extremely positive. I was not disappointed. In addition to teaching the language, this book covers the ruby way of doing things and the reasoning behind why it's done that way. Such a treatment of the subject is a welcome change for me. Now I can understand the Ruby based conversations among my co-workers much better with this background. This is an extremely well written book with a lot of examples and it has been a pleasure to read. The author's writing style is very engaging - I'm impressed so much that I'll be checking out other books from the same author (notably Ruby Design Patterns). The chapter on regular expressions is excellent and I haven't seen a clearer explanation of it in other books I have referred to in the past. The "Staying Out of Trouble" section at the end of every chapter is helpful even though some of it will be obvious for the reader. "In the Wild" section that illustrates usage in real world code/frameworks of the concepts learned in a chapter is also useful as it helps to reinforce the learning process. This is not a book to read once and then leave on the shelf - I envision myself coming back to this book on an ongoing basis as I continue to develop Ruby applications. Highly recommended.

A great book for learning Ruby with previous OO knowledge. Covers all important topics a Ruby dev needs, a truly magnificant book.