David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto, why the lucky stiff; O'Reilly Media, 2008, ISBN 9780596516178. Authoritative guide, covers versions 1.9, 1.8; shows Ruby's lexical structure, primary expressions, conditionals, syntax, classes, data they manipu...

By Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richardson; O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN 0596523696. From data structures to algorithms to integrating with new technologies; when solving a problem, don't reinvent the wheel: look it up in here. O'Reilly Media.

By Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto; O'Reilly and Associates, 2001, ISBN 0596002149. By programmer, and Ruby creator; concise broad reference guide assumes reader knows programming. [O'Reilly and Associates]

By Rob Orsini; O'Reilly Media, 2007, ISBN 9780596527310. From basics (install Rails, set up development environment), to latest techniques (developing RESTful web services). Each recipe has tested solution, treatment of how and why it works.

The Unified Modeling Language (UML), for the first time in the history of systems engineering, gives practitioners a common language. This concise quick reference explains how to use each component of the language, including its extension mechanisms a...

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