Polyteknisk Boghandel

Written by Yukihiro Matsumoto (""Matz""), creator of the language, Ruby in a Nutshell is a practical reference guide covering everything from Ruby syntax to the specifications of its standard class libraries. The book is based on Ruby 1.6, and is applicable to development versions 1.7 and the next planned stable version 1.8. As part of the successful ""in a Nutshell"" series of books from O'reilly & Associates, Ruby in a Nutshell is for readers who want a single desktop reference for all their needs.

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Ruby's Elegance Ruby in Action
Chapter 2. Language Basics Command-Line Options Environment Variables Lexical Conventions Literals Variables Operators Methods Control Structures Object-Oriented Programming Security
Chapter 3. Built-in Library Reference Predefined Variables Predefined Global Constants Built-in Functions Built-in Library
Chapter 4. Standard Library Reference Standard Library
Chapter 5. Ruby Tools Standard Tools Additional Tools Ruby Application Archive
Chapter 6. Ruby Updates Summary of Changes The Future of Ruby Participate in Ruby
Index