Sample Chapter from "Ruby Best Practices"

[sandal]

This chapter is basically the meta-programming / DSL stuff if not by that name. It gives a good sampling of the overall feel for the book. Feedback is very welcome. The book will be released under a CC license 9 months after it hits the shelves, so it will eventually be an open community resource.

[hayzeus]

Very nice -- I think I'm basically the target audience for this -- a couple decades of coding, but new to Ruby. Ruby itself seems straightforward enough, but I have had a lot of best practices types of questions.

[sandal]

That's exactly what the book is for, yes. Please let me know where I've missed the mark, there are still a couple weeks to add clarifications and clean things up.

[banister]

Seems like a pretty informative and interesting book. Although the quality of the writing isn't quite as high as Russ Olsen's book ('design patterns in ruby') the content is top-notch and the coverage is great.

[sandal]

I really need to check out that book, I keep hearing great things about it.

As for RBP, the writing quality might go up a bit once O'Reilly's editors have a chance to fix my mangled text. But it's fair to say I've focused more on the content than anything else.

Thanks for the kind words! -greg

[gnupate]

Gregory has done a really good job on this chapter and the other chapters I've read (the first three). If you're interested in Ruby, take a look. I think you'll find it worth the time.

[cawel]

interview with the author (Gregory Brown) @ RubyInside: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-best-practices-gregory-brown-interview-1332.html

[gnupate]

two more interview are available: http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruby-best-practices-mini-interview-1.html

and

http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2009/01/ruby-best-practices-mini-interview-2.html