Table of Contents

• Using Ruby
• What is Ruby
• Ruby Immersion
  • Word and Character Counting
  • Simplify
  • Object Orientation
  • Attributes
  • Composite Pattern
  • Example Utility
  • Gotchas for Java Programmers
  • Message Based Polymorphism
  • Type System Choices
  • Type Systems of Common Languages
  • Dynamic Type Fears
• Understanding Blocks
  • Yielding to Blocks
  • Iterators
• Unit Testing
• Ruby's Data Base Interface (DBI)
• Web Brick
• Distributed Ruby
• RJNI -- Ruby / Java Bridge
• Ruby Resources
  • Summing Up ... Books Available
• Thank You

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